Al-Hafiz Basheer Ahmad Masri (1914–1992) was an Indian Islamic scholar and animal welfare writer.

He has been described as the "most prominent contemporary voice in articulating Islamic concern for non-human animals".

[4] Masri was involved with animal welfare organizations and spent three years touring many countries to gain knowledge of Islamic culture.

Masri noted that "Islam has left the option of eating meat to one's discretion" but praised vegetarianism for its ethical virtues.

[7] Masri criticized the consumption of animal products that come from factory farms and the Westernised meat industry as being unethical due to the amount of suffering involved and suggested that if Muslims were informed about the gruesome details of factory farming they would "become vegetarians rather than eat such sacrilegious meat".