Editing Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (section)

===Career as spiritual leader===
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Shahi became popular as a Sufi preacher in [[Pakistan]] during the late 1970s. He formed ''RAGS International'' and ''Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam'' in 1980.<ref name="Zee"/> Of the two organisations, RAGS International is still active as [[Messiah Foundation International]] whereas Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam was reported to have been dissolved and banned in Pakistan in 2011.<ref name="JANG">{{Citation | title = (Translation) Unknown individuals shoot President of ASI and escape? | date = 16 December 2011| url= http://jang.com.pk/jang/dec2011-daily/16-12-2011/cities/hyderabad/index.html | access-date = 16 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="UMMAT">{{Citation | title= (Translation) Hyderabadi Man dies in Feud over Organisation's Funds | date= 16 December 2011 | url= http://ummat.com.pk/2011/12/16/news.php?p=news-71.gif | access-date= 16 December 2011 | archive-date= 17 January 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117173520/http://ummat.com.pk/2011/12/16/news.php?p=news-71.gif | url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="JANG2">{{Citation | title= (Translation) Man from Hyderabad Buried  | date = 17 December 2011  | url= http://jang.com.pk/jang/dec2011-daily/17-12-2011/cities/hyderabad/index.html  | access-date = 17 December 2011}}</ref>[[File:Sarkar (32).jpg|thumb|right|Shahi at an event at Imam Bargah-e-Noor-e-Iman Mosque, in [[Karachi]], Pakistan. He is seen here speaking to two religious clerics from different sects within Islam: [[Shia Islam]] and [[Sunni Islam]].]]

The CEO of Messiah Foundation International is [[Younus AlGohar]]. Shahi claimed to have met with [[Jesus Christ]] in 1997.<ref name="GoharJesus" />

[[Lebanese Americans|Lebanese American]] mystic [[Hisham Kabbani]] has sat at his feet, learned from him, and praised him.<ref name="Hisham2">{{cite web |title=Shaikh Hisham's Meeting with Gohar Shahi |url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2656570065128302013&q=source:012300218563303633200 |access-date=7 March 2009 |publisher=via Google videos |archive-date=22 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622125137/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2656570065128302013&q=source:012300218563303633200 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2025}} Singers such as [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]] and [[Ghulam Farid Sabri]] have been presented{{According to whom|date=November 2018}} the message of Shahi.{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}} Some singers such as [[Aziz Mian]] and [[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan]] have performed at ''Shahi'' related events.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gohar Shahi |first=Riaz Ahmed |url=http://bookstore.balboapress.com/Products/SKU-000528516/the-religion-of-god-divine-love.aspx |title=The Religion of God |publisher=Balboa Press |year=2000 |isbn=978-1-45254-908-8 |location=United States |pages=78 |access-date=13 July 2013 |archive-date=24 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424022931/http://bookstore.balboapress.com/Products/SKU-000528516/The-Religion-of-God-Divine-Love.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="aziz2">{{cite web |title=Aziz Mian Qawwal in Jashn e Gohar Shahi | date=29 October 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3FhFqGpSQw |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/C3FhFqGpSQw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |access-date=30 October 2010 |publisher=via YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Rahat2">{{cite web |title=Rahat Fateh Ali Khan at the 1998 birthday celebrations | date=4 September 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6UimKFBM3g |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/b6UimKFBM3g |archive-date=2021-12-21 |access-date=10 September 2012 |publisher=via YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>