Editing Messiah Foundation International

{{Short description|Spiritual Organization}}
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| name                     = Messiah Foundation International
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| abbreviation             = MFI
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| formation                = 2002
| extinction               = 
| type                     = Organisation
| status                   = Foundation
| purpose                  = Promotion of spiritual sciences and teachings of [[Gohar Shahi]]
| headquarters             = [[London]]
| location                 = [[United Kingdom]]
| region_served            = Worldwide
| membership               = 
| leader_title             = 
| leader_name              = [[Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi]]<ref name="Guardian">{{Citation|title=Apocalypse now and again ... your choice of dates for the end of the world |newspaper=The Guardian |date=28 September 2015|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/28/apocalypse-now-and-again-your-choice-of-dates-for-the-end-of-the-world|accessdate=1 October 2015 |last1=Gabbatt |first1=Adam }}</ref><ref name="jobshire">{{Citation|title=End Of The World 2015: NASA Slams Conspiracy Theorists' Apocalypse Threats, Says No Scientific Basis For Imminent Mass Destruction|date=1 October 2015|url=http://www.jobsnhire.com/articles/28714/20151001/end-world-2015-nasa-slams-conspiracy-theorists-apocalypse-threats-scientific-basis-imminent-mass-destruction.htm|accessdate=2 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="independent">{{Citation|title=End of the world: The apocalypses that await us if we make it through today|date=7 October 2015|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/end-of-the-world-the-apocalypses-that-await-us-if-we-make-it-through-today-a6685046.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/end-of-the-world-the-apocalypses-that-await-us-if-we-make-it-through-today-a6685046.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=7 October 2015}}</ref>
| key_people               = '''[[Younus AlGohar]]''' ([[Co-founder]] and CEO), '''Farah Naz''' (Guardian of MFI)
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| parent_organization      = 
| affiliations             = [[Kalki Avatar Foundation]], [[Mehdi Foundation International]], [[Interfaith Institute of Divine Love]]
| website                  = http://www.goharshahi.gs
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}}
'''Messiah Foundation International''' ({{langx|ur|مہدی فاونڈیشن انٹرنیشنل}}) (or '''MFI''') is a spiritual organisation formally established in 2002 to promote the ''Goharian Philosophy of Divine Love''.<ref name="Island3">{{Citation| last = Perera| first = Suresh| title = The practice of rituals alone does not initiate the heart with divine love| newspaper = The Island| date = 24 December 2011| url =http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=41850| accessdate = 25 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="Island4">{{Citation
  | title = The message of Divine Love has been very successful in Sri Lanka – MFI CEO
  | newspaper = The Island
  | date = 28 May 2011
  | url = http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=26464
  | accessdate =10 April 2014
}}</ref><ref name="Foreword">{{cite web| title = Foreword| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/mehdi-foundation-international/| accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref>
MFI is the successor of '''RAGS International''', a spiritual organisation founded by Pakistani spiritual leader [[Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi]] in 1980.<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="Foreword"/><ref name="UNHCR">{{Citation | title= Structure and objective of the Mehdi Foundation and the perception of this movement in Pakistan| date = 5 December 2008| url= http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/49997ae7d.pdf| accessdate = 9 October 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Zee">{{Citation| title = Delhi HC seeks response from Centre on Pakistan nationals' plea| newspaper = Zee News| location = New Delhi| date = 17 December 2008| url = http://www.zeenews.com/states/2008-12-17/491805news.html| accessdate = 7 May 2010| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130217024858/http://www.zeenews.com/states/2008-12-17/491805news.html| archivedate = 17 February 2013}}</ref> The organisation claims to be a syncretic fulfilment of [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Muslim]], [[Jewish]] and [[Hindu]] [[prophecy]], with Shahi [[Messiah claimants|depicted as the messianic figure]] of many religions, given the title of [[Mehdi]], [[Messiah]], and [[Kalki|Kalki Avatar]] as well as the generic "Awaited One" prophesied by other religions.<ref>{{cite web| title = About Imam Mehdi| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/about/ |  accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="BBCUrdu1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/india/story/2007/04/070425_passport_burnt_np.shtml|title=Jail upon burning the Pakistani Passports|publisher=British Broadcasting Cooperation (Urdu)|date=25 April 2007|accessdate=25 April 2010}}</ref>

Adherents propose to promote the reduction of hatred, promotion of [[divine love]] and [[world peace]],<ref>{{cite web| title = Methodology and Objectives| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/mehdi-foundation-international/methodology-and-objectives/|  accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref> 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|Black Stone in Mecca]].<ref name="divinesigns">{{cite web| title = Divine Signs| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/divine-signs/| accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref> According to MFI, these images were put on these locations by God. The MFI claims that [[Gohar Shahi]]'s image on the moon has spoken to people in different languages and conferred spiritual grace on those seeking divine love.<ref name="AsiaToday">{{Citation | newspaper = Asia Today | title = Chai with...His Holiness Younus AlGohar of Messiah Foundation International | date = September 2014 | url = https://asiatodayaz.com/newspapers/2014/October_2014.pdf | accessdate = 7 October 2014 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20141010125013/https://asiatodayaz.com/newspapers/2014/October_2014.pdf | archivedate = 10 October 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Lakbima Interview">{{cite web| title = His Holiness Younus AlGohar speaks to the Lakbima Newspaper| url = http://www.kalkiavatarfoundation.com/activities/activity/his-holiness-younus-algohar-speaks-to-the-lakbima-newspaper| accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="TNL">{{cite episode| title        = Jeewithay Sundarai| url          = http://www.kalkiavatarfoundation.com/activities/activity/the-tnl-channel-interviews-his-holiness-younus-algohar| network      = TNL TV| location         = [[Colombo]], Sri Lanka| airdate      = 2013-03-28| minutes      = 00:00}}</ref> They declare that the titles of the [[Messiah]], [[Kalki|Kalki Avatar]] and [[Imam Mehdi]] are different titles for one personality, whom they depict as Shahi.<ref name="The Tower of Divine Love and Light">{{cite web| title = The Tower of Divine Love and Light| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/index.php?articles/view/the-tower-of-divine-love-and-light/| accessdate = 1 July 2012}}</ref>
Members of the MFI refer to themselves as ''Goharians'', due to their affiliation with Shahi.

==History==

''MFI'' was previously known as "RAGS International" until the year 2002, when [[Younus AlGohar]] became the [[CEO]] and formally established the organisation.<ref name="Foreword"/> At this time, AlGohar also formed MFI's sister organisation, [[Kalki Avatar Foundation]], under the apparent guidance of Shahi.<ref name="KAF">{{cite web| title = Kalki Avatar Foundation| url = http://www.kalkiavatarfoundation.com/about/kalki-avatar-foundation| accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref>
After [[Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi#Disappearance|Shahi's disappearance in 2001]], Shahi's followers in the MFI declared it to be akin to miraculous [[The Occultation|occultation]] and continued their activities under the leadership of AlGohar, who they claim is the personally appointed representative of Shahi.<ref>{{cite web| title = The Reality of Occultation| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/about/reality-of-occultation/|accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref> In June 2018, Shahi's daughter, Farah Naz, expressed her support of the MFI and was appointed the role of 'Guardian' of the MFI. <ref>{{cite web| title = Farah Naz Takes Charge of Mehdi Foundation International| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/news/view/breaking-news-farah-naz-takes-charge-mfi/|accessdate = 8 June 2018}}</ref>

The organisation's stated objectives are to promote Shahi's teachings on [[divine love]] and [[global peace]].<ref name="AsiaToday"/><ref>{{cite web| title = Methodology and Objectives| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/mehdi-foundation-international/methodology-and-objectives/|accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref> They consider it their responsibility to propagate alleged images of Shahi, [[Jesus]], [[Durga]], and others on the Moon, Sun, and the [[Black Stone]], which they say are "divine signs".<ref>{{cite web| title = Responsibilities of MFI| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/mehdi-foundation-international/responsibilities-of-mfi/|accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref> Though MFI has not released an official count of its members, [[Younus AlGohar]] has stated that the number is in the thousands.<ref name="Island3"/> 
 [[File:Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Ghulam Farid Sabri 4.jpg|thumb|left|Shahi's message presented to [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]] and [[Ghulam Farid Sabri]] by an MFI qawalist, ''Hafiz Nadeem Siddiqui''.]]

==Shahi's alleged meeting with Jesus==

Shahi claimed to have met with [[Jesus]] on 29 May 1997 in [[Taos, New Mexico]]. When asked what was discussed between him and Jesus, Shahi stated that it was confidential and would be revealed at "an appropriate time". After this incident, an image of Jesus, which the photograph's owner claimed had appeared miraculously from pictures taken of sacred places, was shown to Shahi in [[Tucson, Arizona]]. It was then announced by Shahi to be the "original image of Jesus Christ."<ref name=GoharJesus>{{cite web| title = Return of Lord Jesus: Lord Jesus meets Lord Gohar Shahi in America| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/index.php?/about/meeting-with-jesus/| accessdate = 1 July 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130522005656/http://www.goharshahi.us/index.php?%2Fabout%2Fmeeting-with-jesus%2F| archive-date = 22 May 2013| url-status = dead}}</ref>
The MFI has taken this to mean Shahi has the support of Jesus and propagates Jesus as a "universal figure of divinity" who is for humanity rather than being confined to Christianity.<ref>{{cite web| title = Esoteric Person of Lord Jesus Christ| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/index.php?articles/view/esoteric-person-of-lord-jesus-christ/| accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref>

==Teachings and Beliefs==
They profess to be peace-promoting.<ref name="Island3"/><ref name="AsiaToday"/><ref name="SL2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/01/01/spreading-divine-love-messiah-foundation-international/|title=Spreading Divine Love Messiah Foundation International|publisher=Sunday Leader|date=1 January 2012|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> They condemn hate-preaching, especially in the context of religion.<ref name="Island4"/><ref name="Lakbima Interview"/><ref>{{cite press release  | title = How to Practically Combat Hatred and Terrorism  | publisher = Messiah Foundation International| date = 15 May 2012 | url = http://www.goharshahi.us/index.php?articles/view/how-to-practically-combat-hatred-and-terrorism/  | accessdate = 1 July 2012}}</ref> Their teachings, based on ''the Goharian Philosophy of Mystical Sciences and Divine Love'', are purported to be acceptable to all regardless of religious affiliation or nationality.<ref name="Island3"/><ref name="AsiaToday"/><ref name="TNL"/><ref>{{cite web| title = The Function of Messiah Foundation International| url =http://www.goharshahi.us/index.php?/news/view/the-function-of-mfi/| accessdate = 1 July 2012 }}</ref>

===Method===
According to their [[methodology]], God's love is implanted in the heart when one's heart is initiated with God's name.<ref name="AsiaToday"/><ref name=GPDL>{{cite web| title = Universality of Ra Gohar Shahi's Teachings| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/index.php?articles/view/universality-of-imam-mehdi-gohar-shahis-message/ | accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref>  In this approach, the name of God is supposed to become synchronised within the heartbeats to produce "divine energy" which would then clean the heart and implant love of God so as to connect the aspirant with God.<ref name="Island3"/><ref name="leader2011">{{Citation| last = Kannanagara| first = Nirmala| title = Spiritual Leader Speaks of Love Unsurpassed| newspaper = The Sunday Leader| date = 29 May 2011| url =http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/05/29/spiritual-leader-speaks-of-a-love-unsurpassed/| accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref> It is referred to [[Dhikr#Sufi Methods|Zikr-e-Qalb]] in Islamic terminology and "[[Simran (Sanskrit word)|Simran]]" in Hindu terminology. The MFI claims not to be influenced by any one [[religion]] or [[faith]] and does not discriminate against anyone based on "nation, religion, cast, creed", etc.<ref name="SL2012"/>
The organisation asserts that religions have both an inner dimension and an outer dimension. The teachings state that the outer aspect of the religion is ritual and bodily worship. In contrast, the inner religion is purification of the heart and souls to gain connection with God.<ref name="leader2011"/> In their beliefs, the inner religion is the core while the outer religion is like a "potato skin".<ref name="The Tower of Divine Love and Light"/> They further claim that the spiritual system within the religions today has diminished. They seek to "convert the heart towards divine love" rather than to a particular religion.<ref name="The Tower of Divine Love and Light"/> AlGohar asserts that because the MFI does not emphasize rituals and worship, people from different religions can follow their teachings while practicing their faith.<ref name="Island3"/><ref name="AsiaToday"/>

===Eschatology===
The MFI maintains that the world is passing through its twilight phase.<ref>{{Citation  | last = Younus  | first = Nasir| title = 2026 Website| url= http://twenty26.com/| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110126101856/http://twenty26.com/| url-status= usurped| archive-date= 26 January 2011}}</ref> Members propagate that the world is supposed to end in 2026, when a comet would collide with Earth in accordance with Shahi's predictions in ''The Religion of God''.<ref name="jobshire"/><ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="independent"/><ref name="ROFG">{{Cite book| last = Gohar Shahi| first = Riaz Ahmed| title = The Religion of God| location = United States of America| year = 2012 | page = 36| isbn = 978-1-45254-908-8}}</ref><ref>{{Citation  | last = AlGohar  | first = Younus  | title = 2026| url= http://www.goharshahi.us/index.php?/media/watch/twentytwentysix/  | accessdate = 30 Jan 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last = Brannan| first = Eoin | title = A Christian group is predicting the world will end - today | url= http://www.newstalk.com/Christian-group-predict-the-world-will-end-tomorrow | accessdate = 11 October 2015}}</ref> They also declare that the only hope for humanity is Shahi and that his image they propagate to be on the Moon will provide salvation for humanity "when calamity strikes".<ref name="independent"/><ref>{{Citation| last = Beeksma| first = D. | title = 2026 and the End Times — Messiah appears on the moon | url= http://www.goddiscussion.com/40568/2026-and-the-end-times-messiah-appears-on-the-moon/  | accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref>

===Claimed miracles===
*The MFI believes in [[spiritual healing]], offering that service to the wider community.<ref name="Island4"/> It claims to heal all diseases and ailments, including [[HIV]] and [[AIDS]], and also claims that it has done so in the past.<ref name="Island3"/> They also publicise that the alleged image of Shahi on the Moon performs healing.<ref name="TNL"/><ref>{{cite web| title = Experiences| url = http://www.kalkiavatarfoundation.com/experiences| accessdate = 8 July 2012}}</ref>
*The MFI claims divine intervention caused a sandstorm during an attack on an MFI procession in [[Faisalabad]], [[Pakistan]]. Members were allegedly attacked with bricks and bullets by local [[Muslims]] angered by the claims that Shahi represented the [[Mehdi]]. Reports provided show that such had happened, but none of the members were injured, to which the members credited the "miracle".<ref>{{cite web| title = Miracle of Messiah Gohar Shahi| website=[[YouTube]] | date=19 September 2008 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gDI-2T1FmA| accessdate = 9 October 2009}}</ref>

==''The Religion of God '' by Shahi==
Before his disappearance, Shahi wrote a book titled ''Deen-e-Ilahi'' (literally "the Religion of God"). ''Deen-e-Ilahi'' explains the secrets of spirituality as per the understanding of Shahi. On the front cover, Shahi states, "This book requires unruffled concentration and attention, pondering and research from all religious sects and every man. It poses a challenge for those who reject the existence of Spirituality."<ref name ="DIUS">{{cite web| title = The Religion of God| url = http://www.thereligionofgod.com/| accessdate = 29 June 2012}}</ref>
Originally ''Deen-e-Ilahi'' was written in [[Urdu]], the native tongue of Shahi, however the book is available in English, [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Arabic]], French, German, [[Hindi]], Italian, [[Persian language|Persian]], Portuguese, [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], Spanish, [[Thai language|Thai]], and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as well.<ref>{{cite web| title = Deen-e-Ilahi by R.A. Gohar Shahi| url = http://www.goharshahi.com/deen_e_elahi/urd_.shtml| accessdate = 9 October 2009}}</ref>
 
MFI distributes the book for free and through [[Balboa Press]], which republished it in English on 17 May 2012.<ref name="balboa">{{Citation| title= The Religion of God (Divine Love)    | url= http://bookstore.balboapress.com/Products/SKU-000528516/The-Religion-of-God-Divine-Love.aspx| accessdate = 29 June 2012}}</ref> As of 29 June 2012, it was #5 on the publisher's Best Seller's List.<ref>{{Citation|title=Balboa Press Best Sellers |url=http://bookstore.balboapress.com/Products/CategoryCenter/BABEST/Best-Sellers.aspx |accessdate=29 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701124154/http://bookstore.balboapress.com/Products/CategoryCenter/BABEST/Best-Sellers.aspx |archivedate=1 July 2012 }}</ref>
''Deen-e-Ilahi'' is now banned in [[Pakistan]], due to it allegedly carrying material offensive to Muslims.<ref name="UNHCR"/><ref>{{Citation| title= SC moved against ban on controversial book| url= http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_8-7-2004_pg7_43| accessdate = 8 July 2013}}</ref>

==Controversy==
MFI has been opposed by religious groups, particularly in [[Pakistan]]. In many cases, which later proved false, have been instigated against Shahi. Concerning this subject, the following is written in ''The Religion of God'', written by Shahi:
<blockquote>The [[Wahhabism|Wahhabi]] denomination has very religiously taken it to persecute, discourage, entrap, and eradicate His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi. Hence, they instigated various false cases against His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi. They have been threatened by the universality of His Divine Eminence’s message of Divine Love and His ever-increasing fame in the global sphere.<ref>{{Cite book| last = Gohar Shahi| first = Riaz Ahmed| title = The Religion of God| location = United States of America| year = 2012 | page = xvii| isbn = 978-1-45254-908-8}}</ref></blockquote>
The government of [[Pakistan]] also banned ''The Religion of God'' and its author's magazine ''Hatif-e-Mehdi'' for allegedly "...[containing] matter which is objectionable and maliciously intended to outrage the religious feelings of the [[Muslims]] and these should be seized".<ref name=PPF>{{Citation|title=Banned magazines to be seized |newspaper=Pakistan Press Foundation |location=Karachi |date=20 August 2005 |url=http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/usermediafilesdetails.asp?uid=6008 |accessdate=24 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727162312/http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/usermediafilesdetails.asp?uid=6008 |archivedate=27 July 2011 }}</ref>

AlGohar has also been persecuted by the government of [[Pakistan]], having been issued a death sentence for allegedly blaspheming, though details of his blasphemy have not been disclosed.<ref name="Island3"/><ref>{{Citation | title =Croydon religious leader faces life in Pakistani jail for his beliefs | newspaper = Your Local Guardian  | location = London| date =30 September 2009|url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/4645892.Croydon_religious_leader_faces_life_in_Pakistani_jail_for_his_beliefs/| accessdate = 9 October 2009}}</ref>

MFI claims that the [[Pakistani government]] has persecuted and jailed some 50 MFI members under false charges of [[blasphemy]] against [[Islam]].<ref name="Island3"/><ref name="UNHCR"/> [[First Information Report]]s  have been registered against officials of MFI in [[Pakistan]].<ref name="AverburyMFI"/>

In a related incident, an armed group hijacked a bus in [[Faisalabad]], claimed that their leader was the [[Imam Mehdi]], and went on to have a shootout with the police. This had been falsely attributed to Messiah Foundation International.<ref name="UNHCR"/><ref name="WWRN">{{Citation   | title = Cult leader, followers sent to jail | newspaper = Worldwide Religious News| date = 16 December 2005| url =http://wwrn.org/articles/19879/?&place=pakistan&section=other-nrms  | accessdate = 9 July 2013}}</ref> The leader, Shahbaz Khan, claimed in an interview with a Pakistani newspaper to be supported by the alleged billionaire and hypnotist [[Younus AlGohar]]. These claims were not verified.<ref name="DailyTimes">{{Citation | title = Gohar Shahi group funding 'Imam Mehdi'network   | newspaper= Daily Times | date = n.d.| url =http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005\12\28\story_28-12-2005_pg7_7| accessdate = 9 July 2013}}</ref>

A press release by MFI stated, "The false claimant Shahbaz has no association with MFI. Shahbaz is a severely misguided and blasphemous to His Holiness Gohar Shahi. Shahbaz, the impostor has demanded the government to deal with Goharians harshly which suggests that he does not belong to MFI".<ref name="KhanPR">{{Cite press release| title = Press Release  | publisher = Messiah Foundation International Media| date = 25 December 2005}}</ref> It is also stated in the same press release that MFI believes Shahi to be the only awaited [[Imam Mehdi]] and does not support Shahbaz Khan. In an open letter to the former [[president of Pakistan]] [[Pervez Musharraf]], Younus AlGohar demanded justice be served to the 50 or so MFI members who had been persecuted because Khan claimed to be associated with MFI.<ref name= "lettertoPP">{{Cite press release| title = Letter to President Pervez Musharraf from CEO MFI, Younus AlGohar| publisher = Messiah Foundation International Media | date = 25 December 2005 }}</ref> In addition, the ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]'' stated that "There is no suggestion that [Messiah Foundation International] either organised [Shahbaz] Ahmed's actions in Pakistan or knew what he and his disciples were planning".<ref name="UNHCR"/>

Due to the nature of topics covered in speeches by AlGohar released onto the internet, some Muslims in [[Pakistan]] have staged protests against MFI and declared them infidels. Furthermore, newspapers in Pakistan reported protesters demanding that MFI members be punished.<ref name="AgainstMFI">{{Cite web| title = News Reports against MFI in Pakistan| url = http://www.goharshahi.com/urdu/latestnews/2010/jan/17/index.htm| accessdate = 9 July 2013}}</ref>

==Persecution==
''Extract written by [[Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury]], in his report on the MFI.''

<blockquote>
On 11 August 2008, a blasphemy case 295A, PPC was registered against eight '''MFI''' members by the Khatam-e-Nabuwwat (FIR No. 281/2008, Date of Occurrence 8 August 2008), at [[Police Station]] Kotri, District Jamshoro, [[Sindh Province]], [[Pakistan]].
''(See copy of English translation of FIR, attached)''
On 5 August 2008 two '''MFI''' members (Mustaqeem and Umer) were severely beaten by extremists, but an FIR was registered against MFI members (FIR No. C/31/08, Date of Report 6 August 2008, [[Police Station]] Sharif Abad, District [[Karachi]], [[Sindh Province]], [[Pakistan]]) ''(See copy of English translation of FIR, attached)''

On 18 October 2008 at 03.30 Mr Mohammad Iqbal (whose family was active in MFI) was murdered (FIR No. 995/2008, Offence u/s 302, 148, 149 PPC, Date of Report 16 October 2008 at 0500 AM, [[Police Station]] Factory Area, District Shaikhupura, [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]] Province, [[Pakistan]])(See copy of English translation of FIR, attached). Hatred has been incited against the MFI members in [[Pakistan]], who are accused of blasphemy, and these incidents are examples of the result. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), New Delhi, wrote on 4 September 2008, to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government, setting out the case well. It was reported on 4 August 2009 in the daily Safeer, that Mr. Paras Masih, organiser for the Christian community of the MFI, had been murdered in [[Karachi]].<ref name="AverburyMFI">{{Citation  | last = Averbury
  | first = Eric
  | title = Mehdi Foundation International
  | date = 14 July 2010
 | url= http://ericavebury.blogspot.com/2010/07/mehdi-foundation-international.html  | accessdate = 10 July 2013}}</ref></blockquote>

In another case, members of MFI in Pakistan were arrested and charged for claiming Shahi as being the Imam Mehdi. According to Dawn.com,
<blockquote>2005 – December 23: Five members of the Mehdi Foundation International were arrested in Wapda Town, Lahore, for putting up posters of their leader, Riaz Gohar Shahi, showing him as 'Imam Mehdi'. The Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced each to five years' imprisonment under Section 295-A of the PPC. Their prisoners' records posted outside the cell falsely indicate that they had been sentenced under 295-C – the Blasphemy Law.<ref>{{Citation|title=Is there an end? |newspaper=Dawn |date=6 August 2009 |url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/18-is-there-an-end-am-01 |accessdate=13 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903102243/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/18-is-there-an-end-am-01 |archivedate=September 3, 2009 }}</ref></blockquote>
The prisoners "were forced to parade naked, hung up in the air and beaten", and were sexually abused in jail by staff members.<ref name ="report">{{Cite press release| title = Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief| publisher = United Nations General Assembly  | date = 28 February 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|title=USCIRF letter to President Bush for his meeting with Pakistan's Prime Minister |publisher=United States Commission on International Religious Freedom |date=20 January 2006 |url=http://www.uscirf.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1512&Itemid=1 |accessdate=13 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528083141/http://www.uscirf.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1512&Itemid=1 |archivedate=28 May 2010 }}</ref>

===MFI Members in Tihar Jail===
On 23 April 2007, 63 Pakistani MFI members, who had obtained tourist visas for India, protested outside the Pakistani Embassy in [[Jantar Mantar (Delhi)|Yantra Mantra]], [[New Delhi]], India, against the government of Pakistan. They asked India for [[right of asylum|asylum]], refusing to return to their homeland. During their protests, they burnt their passports and travel documents that tied them to Pakistan, Pakistani flags, and effigies of [[Pervez Musharraf]] and [[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician, born 1953)|Maulana Fazlur Rehman]].<ref>{{Cite news | title ='Pakistani nationals' seek asylum, burn passports   | location = New Delhi, India| date = 24 April 2007  | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-04-24/delhi/27869078_1_pakistani-nationals-terrorist-state-passports| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110811030207/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-04-24/delhi/27869078_1_pakistani-nationals-terrorist-state-passports| url-status = dead| archive-date = 11 August 2011| newspaper =[[The Times of India]]   | accessdate = 10 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="asianage">{{Cite news|title=55 Pak refugees set to fly to US, Canada |newspaper=the Asian Age |location=Delhi, India |date=14 December 2011 |url=http://www.asianage.com/delhi/55-pak-refugees-set-fly-us-canada-180 |accessdate=13 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616155003/http://www.asianage.com/delhi/55-pak-refugees-set-fly-us-canada-180 |archivedate=16 June 2012 }}</ref><ref name="outlook">{{Cite news   | title = 55 Pak Prisoners Released From Tihar  | newspaper = Outlook India  | location = New Delhi, India| date = 13 December 2011 | url = http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=744231| accessdate = 23 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="zee2011">{{Cite news   | title = Pak prisoners released from Tihar | newspaper = Zee News  | location = New Delhi, India | date = 13 December 2011  | url = http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/pak-prisoners-released-from-tihar_746759.html| accessdate = 23 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="IBNLIVE">{{Cite news | title = Pak prisoners released from Tihar  | newspaper = IBN Live | location = New Delhi, India| date = 13 December 2011 | url = http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/pak-prisoners-released-from-tihar/926759.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130126035109/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/pak-prisoners-released-from-tihar/926759.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 26 January 2013 | accessdate = 23 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="bhaskar">{{Cite news  | title = Pak prisoners released from Tihar  | newspaper = Daily Bhaskar | location = New Delhi, India| date = 13 December 2011 }}</ref><ref name="omantribune">{{Cite news   | title = 55 Pak prisoners freed from Tihar  | newspaper = Oman Tribune  | location = New Delhi, India| url = http://www.omantribune.com/index.php?page=news&id=107456&heading=India  | accessdate = 23 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="IRNA">{{Cite news   | title = Pak prisoners released from Indian Jail  | newspaper = Islamic Republic News Agency| location = New Delhi, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Mehdi Foundation International Protests against Pakistan| website=[[YouTube]] | date=30 April 2007 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW9DFCf6zG0&feature=PlayList&p=A8E13E747437ACAE&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3| accessdate = 9 October 2009}}</ref> They were subsequently arrested for having no travel documentation and therefore being in India illegally.<ref>{{Citation  | title = HC stays deportation of 67 Pakistani nationals  | newspaper = Indian Express  | location = New Delhi  | date = 19 November 2008  | url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hc-stays-deportation-of-67-pakistani-nationa/387834/ | accessdate = 9 October 2009}}</ref> It is reported that they feared for their lives in Pakistan, where if they went back they would be charged with the [[blasphemy laws in Pakistan|Blasphemy Law]], the penalty for which is death.<ref name="AverburyMFI"/><ref>{{Citation   | title = U.S. Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 2000 – Pakistan | date = 5 September 2000| url = http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,USDOS,,PAK,,3ae6a88b4,0.html  | accessdate = 9 October 2009 }}</ref><ref name="epaper.hindustantimes.com">{{Citation | title = 67 Pakistanis in Tihar who don't want to return home   | newspaper = Hindustan Times  | location = India | date = 27 November 2008}}</ref> According to ''Zee News'', ''IBN Live'', ''Outlook India'' and other newspapers, the Pakistani government had banned their practice of faith in Pakistan.<ref name="asianage"/><ref name="outlook"/><ref name="zee2011"/><ref name="IBNLIVE"/><ref name="bhaskar"/><ref name="omantribune"/><ref name="IRNA"/>

Among the 63 members were 19 women, 5 of whom are pregnant in "advanced stages" and 7 children. The ''DNA'' reports, "The Pakistani judges said they were shocked to see 16 Pakistani prisoners had lost their mental balance in Amritsar jail."<ref name="DNA"/> Later, the [[National Human Rights Commission|United Nations Human Rights Council]] in New Delhi recommended to the government of India that the Pakistani nationals should not be deported back "till a proper decision on their request for asylum is taken by the government."<ref>{{Cite press release  | title = NHRC recommends that 63 Pakistani asylum seekers should not be deported till a proper decision on their request is taken  | publisher = National Human Rights Commission | date = 27 August 2007  | url = http://nhrc.nic.in/disparchive.asp?fno=1454  | accessdate = 29 October 2009}}</ref>

On 22 May 2007, in front of Indian Embassy in London, the MFI staged a demonstration to bring attention to the situation of their members in jail and the dangers they faced if the Indian government decided to deport them to Pakistan.<ref name="UNHCR"/><ref>{{cite press release | title = NHRC takes up the case of 63 Pak asylum seekers  | publisher = National Human Rights Commission  | date = 12 July 2007| url = http://nhrc.nic.in/disparchive.asp?fno=1435| accessdate = 9 October 2009 }}</ref>

In the 2007 annual report on Pakistan, Human Rights Without Frontiers appealed to the National Human Rights Commission in India about the MFI case: "Is the Commission aware of the case of the planned deportation by India of 62 Pakistani citizens...? [India]is a secular [[democracy]] observing high standards of human rights including the right of peaceful practice of religion, and Pakistani Muslims consider that the religious beliefs of the Mehdi Foundation International are blasphemous, making its followers vulnerable to criminal charges for which the penalty is death under the controversial [[blasphemy law|Pakistani Blasphemy Act]]."<ref name=hrwf>{{Cite press release| title = Pakistan 2007  | publisher = Human Rights Without Frontiers }}</ref>

The NHRC stated in reply that "The Commission...will examine...the most appropriate follow-up".<ref name="hrwf"/> However, the ''Telegraph'' in [[Calcutta]], as well as other Indian newspapers, reported on 26 November 2009 that the plea to involve the National Human Rights Commission had been rejected by the government of India and that the [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] nationals were being put in the process of deportation despite the fact that, upon deportation, they would be charged under the [[Blasphemy law in Pakistan|blasphemy laws]] in Pakistan.<ref name="DNA">{{Citation   | last = Bhatnagar | first = Rakesh  | title = Pakistani prisoners in Tihar won't get asylum: Centre  | newspaper = The DNA  | location = New Delhi | date = 26 November 2009  | url = http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_pakistani-prisoners-in-tihar-won-t-get-asylum-centre_1316993  | accessdate =5 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last = Sengupta  | first = Ananya  | title = Pakistanis denied asylum  | newspaper = The Telegraph | location = Calcutta, India  | date = 26 November 2009| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091127/jsp/nation/story_11792499.jsp   | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130203230415/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091127/jsp/nation/story_11792499.jsp   | url-status = dead   | archive-date = 3 February 2013   | accessdate = 5 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news   | title = No asylum for 66 Pak nationals, govt tells HC  | newspaper = Decan Herald  | location = New Delhi, India | date = 26 November 2009| url = http://www.deccanherald.com/content/38138/no%20asylum-66-pak-nationals.html | accessdate = 26 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news  | title = No asylum for 66 Pakistani nationals detained in Tihar   | newspaper = Headlines India | location = New Delhi, India | date = 26 November 2009| url = http://headlinesindia.mapsofindia.com/judiciary/high-courts/no-asylum-for-66-pakistani-nationals-detained-in-tihar-29417.html  | accessdate = 26 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title = Delhi High Court stays repatriation of 67 Pakistani prisoners  | newspaper = Associated Press of Pakistan  | location = New Delhi  | date = 20 November 2009 | url = http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59684&Itemid=2  | accessdate = 30 March 2010}}</ref> In December 2010, however, the ''Hindustan Times'' reported that the Delhi high court had issued a protection order for the inmates, preventing their deportation for 70 days as of 2 December.<ref>{{Cite news   | title = Delhi HC stays deportation of 55 Pakistanis in Tihar  | newspaper = Hindustan Times| location = New Delhi | date = 14 December 2010  | url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/Delhi-HC-stays-deportation-of-55-Pakistanis-in-Tihar/Article1-638454.aspx  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110619152300/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Delhi-HC-stays-deportation-of-55-Pakistanis-in-Tihar/Article1-638454.aspx  | url-status = dead  | archive-date = 19 June 2011  | accessdate = 27 December 2010}}</ref> ''Mail Today'' reported in March 2011 that the UNHCR was asked by the Indian High Commission to conduct interviews of the jail members and grant them asylum in countries other than India within 6 weeks of 2 December 2010. This was extended another 3 weeks, but the possibility of them being deported to Pakistan had not been ruled out.<ref>{{Cite news   | title = UNHCR meets Pakistani prisoners who sought asylum in India  | newspaper = One India News  | location = New Delhi  | date = 12 January 2011| url = https://www.oneindia.com/2011/01/12/unhcrmeets-pakistani-prisoners-who-sought-asylum-inindia-aid0126.html  | access-date =17 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Citation   | last = Choudhury  | first = Anindita  | title = Hounded from Pak Tihar jail is their home now | newspaper = Mail Today | location = New Delhi  | date = 7 March 2011  | url = http://www.goharshahi.us/pdf/07-March-2011-Mail-Today.jpg}}</ref> In April 2011, though the Centre wished to deport the Pakistani nationals, the Delhi High Court ordered the Centre to wait until it made a decision on a plea to hand them over to the United Nations High Commission of Refugees.<ref>{{Citation   | title = Court allows 65 detained Pakistanis to stay in jail  | newspaper = Legal India  | location = New Delhi| date = 5 April 2011 | url = http://www.legalindia.in/court-allows-65-detained-pakistanis-to-stay-in-jail  | accessdate = 17 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = HC asks Centre not to deport 65 Pak nationals  | newspaper = MSN News | location = New Delhi| date = 5 April 2011}}</ref> On 21 April 2011, the ''Times of India'' and other Indian newspapers reported that the Indian government had granted the MFI members in jail refugee status and had requested the UNHCR to search for a third country for their relocation.<ref name ="4yr">{{Citation  | last = Chauhan  | first = Neeraj | title = After 4-yr wait, 64 Pak nationals to get refugee status  | location = New Delhi | date = 21 April 2011 | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-21/delhi/29458820_1_unhcr-refugee-status-tihar-jail| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120515221540/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-21/delhi/29458820_1_unhcr-refugee-status-tihar-jail| url-status = dead| archive-date = 15 May 2012| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]  | accessdate = 22 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = Stay permit| newspaper = The Telegraph  | location = New Delhi | date = 28 April 2011 | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110429/jsp/nation/story_13917915.jsp
  | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130711034112/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110429/jsp/nation/story_13917915.jsp
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-date = 11 July 2013
  | accessdate = 10 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Citation   | title = Court frees 65 detained Pakistanis, allows stay in Delhi  | newspaper = The Hindustan Times | location = New Delhi | date = 28 April 2011  | url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/690658.aspx  | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130125074517/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/690658.aspx  | url-status = dead  | archive-date = 25 January 2013  | accessdate = 17 December 2011}}</ref>

In December 2011, several newspapers reported that 65 MFI members from Tihar Jail had been granted refugee status and were being sent to Canada and the United States. They are now settled in said countries.<ref name="asianage"/><ref name="outlook"/><ref name="zee2011"/><ref name="IBNLIVE"/><ref name="bhaskar"/><ref name="omantribune"/><ref name="IRNA"/><ref>{{Citation  | title = Illegal stay: 53 Pak nationals freed from Tihar after 4 yrs| location = New Delhi | date = 14 December 2011 | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-14/delhi/30515621_1_refugee-status-unhcr-pakistani-prisoners| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130509214248/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-14/delhi/30515621_1_refugee-status-unhcr-pakistani-prisoners| url-status = dead| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]| archive-date = 9 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Citation   | title = 55 Pakistani prisoners released from Tihar, to be deported to US  | newspaper = DNA India | location = New Delhi | date = 13 December 2011  | url = http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_55-pakistani-prisoners-released-from-tihar-to-be-deported-to-us_1625232  | accessdate = 17 December 2011}}</ref>

===Protests===
[[File:Procession - Indian Embassy (6).jpg|thumb|250px|Protestors occupying the street outside the Indian Embassy, London]]
MFI has held numerous protests and rallies over the years to draw attention to how its members are treated in [[Pakistan]] and to its cause.
They staged demonstrations on 16 August 2005 in front of the Pakistan [[high commission]] in London and on 25 August 2005 on 10 [[Downing Street]], London, UK. On 25 July 2005, MFI members in Pakistan staged a rally in front of the [[Parliament of Pakistan]] in [[Islamabad]] to express their support for [[Pervez Musharraf]] in his anti-terrorism endeavours.<ref>{{Cite press release  | title = MFI in front of the Parliament house in Islamabad| publisher =MFI Media | date = 6 January 2010  | url =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WgEGrvKkaw | accessdate = 10 July 2013}}</ref>

The MFI has also called for [[Wahhabism]] to be banned in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and India, due to its alleged link to terrorism and hate preaching.<ref>{{Citation|title= Sign Petition for Ban on Wahhabism |date=4 March 2016|url=http://en.shafaqna.com/news/29721|accessdate=10 March 2016}}</ref> Due in part to their efforts in India to raise awareness of [[Zakir Naik|Zakir Naik's]] link to Wahhabism, he was declared a proclaimed offender by the [[National Investigation Agency]] and his Indian passport was revoked.<ref>{{Citation|title= India declares Zakir Naik 'proclaimed offender' |date=29 July 2017|url=https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/8998/|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>

==Expansion==
Messiah/Mehdi Foundation International has centres in Canada, [[the United States of America]], the United Kingdom, Australia, India, Greece, [[Thailand]], [[Taiwan]], South Korea, [[Nepal]],<ref>{{Cite press release  | title = MFI Nepal Opens its Doors  | publisher =MFI Media | date = 26 February 2012  | url =http://www.goharshahi.us/index.php?/news/view/mfi-nepal-opens-its-doors/  | accessdate = 1 July 2012}}</ref>  Japan, [[Bangladesh]], and [[Pakistan]].<ref name="SL2012"/> In association with their sister organisation, [[Kalki Avatar Foundation]], the organisation has centres located in [[Sri Lanka]] and India, where they have been featured on television.<ref>{{cite episode
| title        = Jeewithay Sundarai
| url          = http://www.kalkiavatarfoundation.com/activities/activity/tnl-tv-interviews-his-holiness-younus-algohar
| network      = TNL TV
| location         = [[Colombo]], Sri Lanka
| airdate      = 2013-12-17
| minutes      = 00:00}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode
| title        = Face On
| url          = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ERGvF3Zkc8
| network      = ITN Prime TV
| location         = [[Colombo]], Sri Lanka
| airdate      = 2014-01-20
| minutes      = 00:00}}</ref> Representatives of MFI often visit spiritualist expositions and programmes as well as hold events.<ref name ="Foreword"/><ref name="SL2012"/><ref>{{cite web| title = The Kalki Avatar Sat Gohar Conference| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/index.php?/news/view/the-kalki-avatar-sat-gohar-conference/| accessdate = 1 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Visit MFI USA at Expos Across North America| url =http://www.goharshahi.us/index.php?/news/view/visit-mfi-usa-at-expos-across-north-america/| accessdate = 1 July 2012}}</ref>

==Media==
MFI also puts out monthly newspapers. Their newspaper, 'Hatif-e-Mehdi' ('The Voice of Mehdi') is distributed in [[Urdu language|Urdu]], English, and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and is authored by Shahi.<ref name="UNHCR"/><ref>http://www.hatifemehdi.com/ The Hatif-e-Mehdi Web Version</ref> Their literature is circulated worldwide. The organisation has received media attention primarily for cases against its members in India and Pakistan.
They have received attention for their activities in Sri Lanka and Canada.<ref>{{cite web| title = Face On Interview with His Holiness Younus AlGohar| website=[[YouTube]] | date=22 January 2014 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ERGvF3Zkc8| accessdate = 19 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Messiah is here! Grand Universal Brotherhood, The Knowledge Book, and financial industry suicides| url = http://www.thatchannel.com/messiah_is_here_grand_universal_brotherhood_the_knowledge_book_and_financial_industry_suicides| date = 14 February 2014| accessdate = 19 February 2014}}</ref> They launched free [[Application software|apps]] for [[Apple Inc.|Apple's]] [[iPhone]], [[iPod Touch]] and [[iPad]] in September 2010.<ref>{{cite web| title = The "Imam Mehdi" Application launched onto the Apple Application Store| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/index.php?/news/view/imam-mehdi-iphone-application-has-been-launched-on-the-apple-app-store/| date = 29 September 2010| accessdate = 15 October 2010}}</ref> In June 2011, they launched the "Imam Mehdi" Application for the [[Android (operating system)|Android]] system.<ref>{{cite web| title = Imam Mehdi App launched on Android Market| url = http://www.goharshahi.us/index.php?/news/view/imam-mehdi-app-launched-on-android-market/| date = 22 June 2011| accessdate = 22 June 2011}}</ref>
The MFI also has official [[YouTube]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/user/mehdifoundation the MehdiFoundation YouTube channel]</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Younus AlGohar's YouTube Channel| website = [[YouTube]]| url = https://www.youtube.com/user/younusalgohar| accessdate = 9 October 2009}}</ref> channels. The MFI has an official blog and an official [[Twitter]] account.<ref>{{cite web| title = The Official MFI Blog| url = http://rariazgoharshahi.blogspot.com| accessdate = 9 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = The Official MFI Account on Twitter| url = https://twitter.com/mehdifoundation| accessdate = 18 April 2010}}</ref> They are also on [[Facebook]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Official Group on Facebook| url = http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Mehdi-Messiah-Foundation-International/114534121896267| accessdate = 18 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Fan-page on Facebook| website = [[Facebook]]| url = http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Awaited-Imam-Mehdi-Messiah-Kalki-Avatar/120841179457| accessdate = 18 April 2010}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{sisterlinks|Messiah Foundation International}}
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110126101856/http://twenty26.com/ MFI's website Regarding the End Times]}}
*[http://www.younusalgohar.com Younus AlGohar]
*[http://www.goharshahi.us MFI Universal]
*[http://www.kalkiavatarfoundation.com Kalki Avatar Foundation International]

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