Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (Urdu: ریاض احمد گوہر شاہی; born 25 November 1941) is a spiritual leader, founder of the spiritual movements RAGS International (now known as Messiah Foundation International) and Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam. He is the author of a number of Urdu books on spiritual topics, the most successful among these being Deen-e-Ilahi "The Religion of God" (2000), translated into English, Arabic, Thai, Persian, and Hindi by Messiah Foundation International.

RAGS International was renamed to Messiah Foundation International after Shahi's disappearance in 2001. MFI claims that Shahi is the Mehdi, Messiah, and Kalki Avatar.

Shahi was born on 25 November 1941, in the village of Dhok Gohar Shah in the district of Rawalpindi of British India. He was a fifth generation descendant of the Sufi Baba Gohar Ali Shah. At the age of twenty, when he was the owner of F. Q. Steel Industries, Shahi began to search for spirituality, seeking out the saints and dervishes of the time. Eventually he became disillusioned in this search, and, disappointed in not receiving spiritual benevolence, he returned to work. Gohar Shahi then married and had three children.

Younus AlGohar (یونس الگوہر, born Mohammad Younus; 16 June 1971) is the leader of Messiah Foundation International (also known as Kalki Avatar Foundation and Mehdi Foundation International), a spiritual organisation claiming that Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi is the Messiah (Mahdi) and which also claims to advocate Shahi's spiritual teachings. He is also the managing director of the Interfaith Institute of Divine Love. He has authored the books Mysterious Horizons – Beyond God (2007), and Nisāb-e-Mehdi (2010).

AlGohar was interviewed by Sri Lankan newspaper Island in 2008, and was featured by the Your Local Guardian website in 2009. He was also interviewed by various Sri Lankan media in 2011 and 2012, including the Sunday Leader as well as the Island He was covered by Tamil language newspapers and television stations as well.Mehdi Foundation was mentioned by the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief in a February 2008 addendum to her report as “a multi-faith institution utilizing mystical principles of Mr. Ra Gohar Shahi”.