Reincarnation and Islam
Within the Qur'an (5:60) it is stated by the Angel Gabriel, as a direct message from God to the messenger and prophet Muhammed: Shall I tell you who will receive a worse reward from God? Those whom God has cursed and with whom He has been angry, transforming them into apes and swine, and those who serve the devil. This makes it clear that, according to Islamic ideology, life does not die, but continues on; that God reincarnates beings into - as the Buddhists would have it - all different forms of life, from single celled organisms through to formless aliens, based on a individual's actions in a previous life. The latter is referred to as karma within Buddhism, and within religions such as Christianity it is based on adherrence to theology and teachings, though the latter does not believe in reincarnation, only punishment through hell, or reward through heaven for a life led. Islam is obviously very different; and only Jesus Christ has ever resurrected from the dead. Reincarn...
