This is the first post that will cover a 12 part video series containing an invited talk by Dr. Asad Zaman on Islamic Economics at the University of Indonesia. Part 1 and Part 2 contain the beautiful inaugural ceremony of the gathering.

The talk begins near the end of Part 3 of which we will present a gist. We must understand that economics is the new religion of mankind and therefore when we start to study it, we must understand first what we are studying and why we are studying it. It is quite natural for people to experience what is called cognitive dissonance when they hear something new or strange. As people, we tend to understand something new in terms of what we already know. To appreciate Islamic economics, we must first become comfortable with the idea that most of what we know might be challenged and the quest for economics actually starts with an inquiry into who we really are. Please watch the video here:

You may listen to the full talk by Dr. Asad Zaman on YouTube.