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Tabloids Revive 2000 Comet Doomsday Claim as NASA Reports No Threat This Year

The revived claim traces to Pakistani mystic Riaz Ahmed Shahi’s 2000 book asserting a world‑ending comet within 20–25 years.

Overview

  • Coverage on December 8 by outlets including the Mirror and Daily Star recirculated Shahi’s prophecy, presenting it as an imminent risk.
  • Shahi wrote in 2000 that a comet would strike within 20–25 years and mark “the last day of this world.”
  • NASA says its monitoring shows no celestial bodies are on a collision course with Earth this year.
  • The nearest noted comet, 3I/ATLAS, is projected to remain about 170 million miles from Earth.
  • Shahi, who founded Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam and Messiah Foundation International, disappeared in 2001 after claiming divine identities, and his followers say he is in hiding and warn of tsunamis and social chaos.