Messiah Foundation International

Messiah Foundation International
AbbreviationMFI
Formation1980, renamed in 2002
TypeOrganisation
Legal statusFoundation
PurposePromotion of spiritual sciences and teachings of Gohar Shahi
HeadquartersLondon
Location
Region served
Worldwide
LeaderRiaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (Founder)[1][2][3]
Key people
Younus AlGohar (Co-founder and CEO), Farah Naz (Guardian of MFI)
AffiliationsKalki Avatar Foundation, Mehdi Foundation International, Interfaith Institute of Divine Love
Websitehttp://www.goharshahi.gs

Messiah Foundation International (Urdu: مہدی فاونڈیشن انٹرنیشنل) (or MFI) is a spiritual organisation formally established in 2002 to promote the Goharian Philosophy of Divine Love.[4][5][6] MFI is the successor of RAGS International, a spiritual organisation founded by Pakistani spiritual leader Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi in 1980.[1][6][7][8] The organisation claims to be a syncretic fulfilment of Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Hindu prophecy, with Shahi depicted as the messianic figure of many religions, given the title of Mehdi, Messiah, and Kalki Avatar as well as the generic "Awaited One" prophesied by other religions.[9][10]

Adherents propose to promote the reduction of hatred, promotion of divine love and world peace,[11] and raise awareness of miraculous images of spiritual figures they claim are on the face of such objects as the moon, sun, and the Black Stone in Mecca.[12] According to MFI, these images were put on these locations by God. The MFI purports that Gohar Shahi's image on the moon has spoken to people in different languages and rendered spiritual grace to those searching for divine love.[13][14][15] They declare that the titles of the Messiah, Kalki Avatar and Imam Mehdi are different titles for one personality, whom they depict as Shahi.[16] Members of the MFI refer to themselves as Goharians, due to their affiliation with Shahi.

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  6. ^ a b "Foreword". Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  7. ^ Structure and objective of the Mehdi Foundation and the perception of this movement in Pakistan (PDF), 5 December 2008, retrieved 9 October 2009
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  9. ^ "About Imam Mehdi". Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  10. ^ "Jail upon burning the Pakistani Passports". British Broadcasting Cooperation (Urdu). 25 April 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  11. ^ "Methodology and Objectives". Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Divine Signs". Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  13. ^ "Chai with...His Holiness Younus AlGohar of Messiah Foundation International" (PDF), Asia Today, September 2014, archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2014, retrieved 7 October 2014
  14. ^ "His Holiness Younus AlGohar speaks to the Lakbima Newspaper". Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  15. ^ "Jeewithay Sundarai". Colombo, Sri Lanka. 28 March 2013. 00:00 minutes in. TNL TV. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
  16. ^ "The Tower of Divine Love and Light". Retrieved 1 July 2012.