Messiah Foundation International

Messiah Foundation International
Messiah Foundation International
Abbreviation MFI
Formation 1980, renamed in 2002
Type Organisation
Legal status Foundation
Purpose/focus Promotion of spiritual sciences and teachings of Gohar Shahi
Headquarters London
Location United Kingdom
Region served Worldwide
Leader Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (Founder)
Key people Younus AlGohar (Co-Founder & CEO)
Affiliations Kalki Avatar Foundation, Mehdi Foundation International, Interfaith Institute of Divine Love
Website Gohar Shahi.com

Messiah Foundation (Urdu: مہدی فاونڈیشن ) International (or MFI) is a religious organisation established by Younus AlGohar in early 2002, to promote the Goharian Philosophy of Divine Love. MFI is the successor of RAGS International, a spiritualist organization established by Pakistani preacher and religious leader Ra Gohar Shahi in 1980.[1][2][3] AlGohar renamed Shahi's "RAGS International" (founded 1980) to "Messiah Foundation International" soon after the Shahi's disappearance.[4] The MFI is active in Pakistan, and among the Pakistani diaspora abroad.

The organisation claims to be a syncretic fulfillment 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.[5][6][7]

Adherents propose to promote the reduction of hatred, promotion of divine love and world peace, 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.[3] Members of the MFI refer to themselves as Goharians, due to the organisation's attachment to Gohar Shahi.

Contents

History

MFI was previously known as "RAGS International", until early 2002. Shahi's representative, Younus AlGohar apparently upon advice from Shahi, changed RAGS International to Messiah Foundation International in 2002 shortly after the believed disappearance of Shahi, which his followers consider to be along the lines of miraculous occultation, although there have been rumours of death which were unconfirmed. By 2002, R.A. Gohar Shahi had a large following, many of whom came from Pakistan. Some of Gohar Shahi’s followers had been under the discipleship of Gohar Shahi for twenty years or more. Among these was Younus AlGohar, who formed the organisation to preach Gohar Shahi’s teachings of Divine Love, Global peace, and preach the "divine signs" on the Moon, Sun, and the Holy Black Stone in Mecca.[3] They also herald the Second Coming of Lord Jesus Christ. The Messiah/Mehdi Foundation International has now grown to include a following from different religious backgrounds who, according to them, number in the thousands.

In 2004 a piece of paper found in a follower's house which was allegedly written by Shahi denoted MFI. Followers believe this may have been a prediction or a prophecy that Shahi depicted, and therefore credited Shahi for the founding of the organisation.[8]

Gohar Shahi's message presented to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Ghulam Farid Sabri by an MFI qawalist, Hafiz Nadeem Siddiqui.

Shahi's claimed meeting with Jesus

The movement claims that Shahi met with Jesus Christ on the 29th of May, 1997 in Taos, New Mexico. Shahi claimed that Jesus could speak many languages and did not live in a particular home. When asked about what was discussed between himself and Jesus, Shahi stated that it was secretive and would be revealed at "an appropriate time". After this incident, an image of Jesus Christ which, as the owner claimed, had appeared miraculously from photographs of sacred places was shown to Shahi in Tucson. It was then announced by Gohar Shahi to be the "Original image of Jesus Christ".[9]

Teachings and Beliefs

They consider themselves to be peace promoting. They condemn the spread of hatred, particularly through religion (i.e. terrorism.[10]) Their teachings, based on the Goharian Philosophy of Divine Love, are purported to be acceptable to all regardless of religious affiliation or nationality.[11]

Ra Gohar Shahi and the Divine Signs

The beliefs of MFI are based on the teachings of Ra Gohar Shahi, whom they depict as the awaited Messianic figure predicted to come towards the end of the world. They believe that it is their duty to tell humanity about Ra Gohar Shahi’s teachings and about “the divine signs” which are images of Ra Gohar Shahi, Jesus Christ and other spiritual figures whose alleged appearance on the Moon, Sun, the Holy Black Stone in Mecca, Mars, and other celestial bodies are propagated by the MFI.[12] According to MFI, these images were put on these locations by God. A "divine sign" that is emphasized upon the most is the image of Gohar Shahi on the moon, which the group claims has spoken to people in different languages and rendered spiritual benevolence to those searching for divine love. They declare that the titles of the Messiah, Kalki Avatar and Imam Mehdi do not refer to three personalities, but are rather different titles for one personality, whom they depict as Gohar Shahi.[13]

The Spiritual Heart (Qalb)

The focus of the institute is on "spiritual cleansing to love God". They claim to not be influenced by any particular religion or faith and do not discriminate against anyone based on "nation, religion, cast, creed”, etc.[3] According to their methodologies, God’s love is implanted in the heart when one’s heart is initiated with God’s name.[2] In this methodology, the name of God is supposed to become synchronized 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.[3] It is referred to as “Zikr-e-Qalb” [14] in Islamic Terminology and “Simran” in Hinduism.

Spirituality

According to MFI, worship is fruitless if one does not have a "pure" heart. The organisation purports that religions have both an inner dimension and outer. The teachings state that the outer part of the religion is the rituals and bodily worship while the inner religion is purification of the heart and souls to gain connection with God. In their beliefs, the inner religion is the core while the outer religion is like a “potato skin”[13] Part of their claims is that the spiritual system within the religions today has diminished. They claim to not convert anyone to any religion, but rather "convert the hearts towards divine love". MFI claims that because it does not lay emphasis on rituals and worship, people from different religions can follow their teachings while practicing their own faith.[3]

Jesus Christ

They believe that Jesus Christ has returned to the world, and that Jesus is working with Ra Gohar Shahi to spread love. According to MFI, images of Jesus Christ have appeared in the Holy Black Stone, and the Moon. MFI claims Jesus Christ had a meeting with Gohar Shahi in 1997.[9] In addition, MFI propagates Jesus Christ as a ‘universal figure of divinity’ who is for humanity rather than being confined to Christianity.[15] They consider the interests of Ra Gohar Shahi to be closely related to those of Jesus; i.e. global peace and divine love.[16]

Claimed miracles

  • The MFI believes in spiritual healing, offering that service to the wider community. It claims to heal all diseases and ailments including the sort of HIV & AIDS; and also claims that it has done so in the past.
  • The MFI claims divine intervention caused a sandstorm during an attack on an MFI procession in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Members were allegedly attacked by local Muslims angered by the claims that Shahi represented the Mehdi with bricks and bullets. Reports provided show that such had happened, but none of the members were injured, to which the members credited the "miracle".[17]

The Religion of God by Shahi

Cover of Book

Before his disappearance, Gohar Shahi penned a book, Deen-e-Ilahi (literally "the Religion/Lifestyle of God"). Deen-e-Ilahi explains secrets of spirituality as per the understanding of Gohar Shahi. On the front cover, Gohar Shahi states "The book (in hand) 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."[18] Originally Deen-e-Ilahi was written in Urdu, the native tongue of Shahi, however the book is now available in English, Dutch, Arabic, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Persian, Portuguese, Sindhi, Spanish, Thai, and Tamil as well.[19] They distribute the book for free, seemingly because of the belief that it should be accessible to all. According to them, anyone wishing to embark on the spiritual path should study Deen-e-Ilahi. The book can be found in an online version as well.[20] Deen-e-Ilahi is now banned in Pakistan, due to it allegedly carrying offensive material to Muslims.[1][21]

Eschatology

The MFI maintains that the world is passing through its twilight phase. [22] Members propagates that the world is to end in 2026, when a comet would collide with earth in accordance with Shahi's predictions in 'The Religion of God' [23] [24] They also claim 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". [25]

Controversy

Members of MFI have been subject to fierce religious opposition due to their emphasis on spirituality as opposed to religious law. They have particularly been opposed in Pakistan. The co-founder of Messiah Foundation International, Younus AlGohar has also been persecuted by the government of Pakistan, having been issued death sentences for blaspheming, though the details of his blasphemy have not been disclosed.[26]

Messiah Foundation International claims that the Pakistani government has persecuted and jailed some 50 MFI members under charges of blasphemy against Islam, though they claim to have preached only preached Shahi's teachings of spirituality. First Information Reports have been registered against officials of MFI in Pakistan. In India, an FIR was reported on members who were protesting in Jantar Mantar against the Pakistani government by burning effigies of the likes of Osama Bin Laden and Fazlur Rehman as well as burning their travel documents, which meant that they were now in India illegally.[27] Besides this, cases were instigated against Ra Gohar Shahi which were later proven false, and the government of Pakistan banned his book, "the Religion of God" and his 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".[28]

MFI has been subject to negative propaganda primarily in the South Asian region of the world. One incident, where a group of armed followers hijacked a bus in Faisalabad, claimed that their leader was the Imam Mehdi, and went on to have a shootout with the police, has been seemingly falsely attributed to Messiah Foundation International.[1][29] The leader, Shahbaz Khan, claimed in an interview with a Pakistani newspaper, to be supported by the alleged billionaire Younus AlGohar, whom he claimed had also taught his hypnotism. These claims were not verified.[30] A press release by MFI stated that “The false claimant Shahbaz has no association with MFI. Shahbaz is a severely misguided and a 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”.[31] It is also stated in the same press release that MFI believes Gohar 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 demands justice be served to the 50 or so MFI members who had been persecuted because Khan claimed to be associated with MFI.[32] 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”.[1]

In addition, due to the nature of topics covered in speeches by Younus AlGohar which were released onto the internet, MFI has been faced with much opposition from Muslims in Pakistan, who have gone as far as staging protests against MFI and declaring them infidels. Furthermore, newspapers in Pakistan reported that the protesters demanded that MFI members be punished.[33]

Persecution

Extract written by Lord Avebury, in his report for MFI.

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 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.[34]

63 members of MFI in Pakistan obtained tourist visas to India, where they staged a protest with serious consequences. On April 23, 2007, MFI members protested in front of the Pakistani Embassy in Yantra Mantra, New Dehli, India, against the government of Pakistan. They asked India for asylum, refusing to return to their homeland. During their protests, they burnt their passports and travel documents that tied them to Pakistan as well as Pakistani flags and effigies of Pervez Musharraf and Maulana Fazlur Rehman.[35][36] They were subsequently arrested for having no travel documentation and therefore being in India illegally.[37] It is reported that they feared for their lives in Pakistan, where, if they went back, they would be charged with the Blasphemy Law, the penalty for which is death.[34] [38] [39]

MFI members burnt their passports in Yantra Mantra, India in protest of persecution they faced in Pakistan for their beliefs.

Among the 63 members were 19 women, 5 of whom are pregnant in “advanced stages” and 7 children. Younus AlGohar, the Co-Founder of MFI, states that “They were abused and sexually harassed in Tihar Jail. Now, the Indian Government is considering repatriating them back to Pakistan. The Indian Government seems to bear no sympathy for these 63 MFI members who escaped from severe persecution and potential death sentence.” [3] The DNA reports, "The Pakistani judges said they were shocked to see 16 Pakistani prisoners had lost their mental balance in Amritsar jail."[40] Later, the United Nations Human Rights Council in New Delhi recommended to the government of India that the Pakistan nationals should not be deported back “till a proper decision on their request for asylum is taken by the government.” [41]

On the 22nd of May, 2007 in front of Indian Embassy in London, UK, MFI members staged a demonstration to bring attention to the situations of their members who were then in jail and the dangers they faced if the Indian government decided to deport them to Pakistan.[1][42]

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 Pakistani Blasphemy Act." [43]

The NHRC stated in reply that "The Commission...will examine...the most appropriate follow-up...".[43] However, the Telegraph in Calcutta, as well as other Indian newspapers, reported on November 26, 2009 that the plea to involve the National Human Rights Commission had been rejected by the government of India and that the Pakistani nationals were being put in the process of deportation despite the fact that, upon deportation, they would be charged under the blasphemy laws in Pakistan.[40][44][45][46] [47] 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 December 2.[48] '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 December 2, 2010. This was extended another 3 weeks, but the possibility of them being deported to Pakistan had not been out-ruled. [49] 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. [50] On April 21, 2011, the Times of India 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.[51] It was reported on October 17, 2011 that the inmates were being considered for asylum in the United States of America and Canada.[52]

In another case, members of MFI in Pakistan were arrested and charged for claiming R.A. Gohar Shahi as being the Imam Mehdi. According to Dawn.com,

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 of imprisonment under 295-A of PPC. Their prisoners’ records posted outside the cell falsely indicate that they had been sentenced under 295-C – the Blasphemy Law.[53]

The prisoners "were forced to parade naked, hung up in the air and beaten", and were sexually abused in jail by staff members.[54][55]

Protests

Protestors occupying the street outside the Indian Embassy, London

MFI has held many protests and rallies over the years to bring attention to the way their members are treated in the country of Pakistan and about their cause. They staged protests on the 16th of August, 2005 in front of the Pakistan high commission in London and on the 24th of August, 2005 on 10 Downing Street, London, UK.On the 25th of 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 endeavors.[56]

On January 4, 2006 they staged two protests simultaneously, one in front of the White House in Washington D.C., United States of America and the other, again in front of the Pakistan high commission in London to raise awareness about their members being persecuted in Pakistan as well as to talk about their message. , London, on January 4, 2006. Signs held by protesters said that "Peace activists are being persecuted in Pakistan" and "Pakistani media patronized Al-Qaeda Terrorists". Furthermore, they declared the prophesied Anti-Christ to be the head of the Taliban, Mullah Omar and that "Religious clerics teach hatred in madresas instead of love".[57]

In regards to the demonstration in front of the Pakistan High Commission in London, MFI claims to have done it to bring attention to the fact that more than 50 innocent members had been arrested in Pakistan and 8 had been booked in false cases of blasphemy. In addition they claimed that MFI members and their families had been harassed by police and their homes had been raided. [58]

MFI also held a protest at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on January 18, 2006 to bring to their attention the situation of their members in Pakistan. [59] They also held protests on the 25th of January, 2006 in front of the White House during the Prime Minister of Pakistan’s meeting with former President of the United States George W. Bush and well as the 26th of January, 2006 in front of Pakistan High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They protested on the 8th of February, 2006 in front of Saudi Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in front of the Iranian Embassy in London on the 27th of February, 2007, and on the 15th of February, 2007 in front of Saudi Embassy in London, UK.

Expansion

Currently Messiah/Mehdi Foundation International has centres in Canada, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, India, Greece, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. In association with their sister organisation, Kalki Avatar Foundation [60] , the organisation has centres located in Sri Lanka and India. Representatives of MFI often visit spiritualist expositions and programs. They have also been known to hold major events themselves. [61] [62] [63] [64] [65]

Media

MFI also puts out monthly newspapers. Their newspaper, 'Hatif-e-Mehdi' ('The Voice of Mehdi') is distributed in Urdu, English and Arabic and is authored by Shahi.[1][66] They also distribute a magazine titled 'Messiah Herald' in English.[67] Their literature is circulated worldwide. In addition, the organisation has recently received media attention for the cases against their members in India and Pakistan.[39][68] They launched free apps for Apple's iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad in September, 2010.[69] In June, 2011, they launched the 'Imam Mehdi' Application for the Android system.[70] The MFI also has official Youtube[71][72] channels. MFI has an official blog as well as an official Twitter account.[73][74] They have an official group on Facebook[75][76] as well as a fan page propagating Shahi's claimed Mehdi-hood.

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