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hi-1287	DR. TAUSEEF AHMAD PARRAY	ISLAMIC HISTORY THROUGH A WESTERN LENS: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF KEY INTRODUCTORY WORKS (2010-2025)	2025	29	.pdf	application/pdf	11357	393	31	These books include Introducing Islam by William Shepard (2nd ed., 2014), 27 Islam: The Straight Path by John L. Esposito (5th ed., 2016),28 68 Paula Schrode aptly describes it “as a classic textbook, with [numerous] teaching tools”, offering a “balanced presentation throughout” and evading “quasi-theological reasoning”.69 All in all, Introducing Islam reflects Shepard’s forty years of teaching and research, offering a “sympathetic understanding” of Islam’s religion, history, culture, and modern developments.70	cache/hi-1287.pdf	txt/hi-1287.txt