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This pioneering modern classic examines the Islamic principles of kindness and compassion toward animals. It compares animal sacrifice as practiced by the world's major religions and highlights the ethical issues that the mass production of meat raises, advocating alternative ways to produce halal meat in an appropriate manner. Basheer Ahmad Masri (19141992) was the first Sunni Imam of the oldest purpose-built mosque in Britain, the Shahjahan Mosque in Woking. For six years he served as a joint editor of the monthly Islamic Review. He was fluent in English, classical Arabic, Urdu, Hindustani, Punjabi, and Kiswahili.

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The rights of animals from the Islamic perspective. It also compares and contrasts with what other faiths like Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism say about the subject, particulary in the matter of slaughtering animal for its meat. Like all books on Islam, this one is littered with Quranic verses and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) that touch on the subject of animal rights. Goodreads

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Al-Hafiz Basheer Ahmad Masri (1914-1992) was born in India and graduated with a B.A. (Hons.) degree in Arabic from the Government College of the University of Punjab in Lahore. He also attended the Faculty of Arabic at al-Azhar University, Cairo. He was fluent in many languages, including English, classical Arabic, Urdu, Hindustani, Punjabi, Kiswahili.

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