Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
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Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi is a Sufi leader and founder of the spiritual groups RAGS International and Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam.
Gohar Shahi during an event held in Pakistan
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.
Pakistani followers of Shahi burning passports during a protest in India during April, 2007.
Mahdi
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The Mahdi is the Islamic messianic and eschatological figure, who is believed to appear before the End Times to restore justice and defeat tyranny alongside Isa. He forms an important part of Islamic
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
…Foundation International in 2012. RAGS International was renamed to Messiah Foundation International in 2000. MFI reports that Shahi claimed to be the Mahdi, Messiah, and Kalki Avatar. Shahi disappeared from public view in 2001. There have been claims that he died in that year or in 2003, but these are…
Muhammad al-Mahdi calligraphy at the Prophet's Mosque in Medina.
The Al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq, stands where the house of the 11th Imam Hasan al-Askari and his son the Mahdi once used to be. It contains the mausoleums of al-Askari, and the 10th Imam Ali al-Hadi
The Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, Iran, is belived to be the place where the Mahdi once appeared and offered prayers.