 Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu alaikum everyone. My name is Dr. Asad Zaman and I'm delighted to welcome you to the launch of my online course on Islamic economics. This course is based on the idea that the final message of God to mankind is complete and perfect and it provides guidance for us in all spheres of life including economics. In the past 50 years, Islamic economists have been trying to build the discipline on the foundations of capitalist economics. We have been looking to the West for guidance instead of the Quran. Capitalism is based on the denial of God, judgment and afterlife and naturally leads to focus on this worldly life. Modern economics conceives of life as a jungle of fierce competition with survival of fitness being the only principle and it is based on maximizing the wealth of nations and on pursuing pleasure and profits. Our course will be different. Instead of trying to merge fire and ice, we will build Islamic economics on the foundations of the Quran and Sunnah. I will approach will highlight the differences between a social order built on cooperation, generosity and social responsibility instead of the capitalist foundations of competition greed, individualism and hedonism. So join me this Sunday in this journey of discovering a new approach to Islamic economics based on the foundations of our own intellectual heritage.