OBITUARIES
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:
Al-Hafiz Basheer Ahmad Masri,
78, who died July 12, 1992 in England, was
recently remembered by colleagues. The
leading authority on Islamic teachings about
animals, Masri retired as Imam of the Shah
Jehan Mosque in Woking, England, in
1968. He went on to write two influential
books, Islamic Concern for Animals and
Animals In Islam, demonstrating that the
Prophet Muhammed considered kindness to
animals a sacred duty, and opposed vivisec-
tion, factory farming, and ritual slaughter,
which Masri equated with animal sacrifice.
Masri also narrated a video, Creatures of
God, for the International Network for
Religion and Animals.