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Islam teaches that Jesus (Isa, in Arabic) was not the son of God, but he was a prophet. According to Islam Isa never died and he was not crucified; instead he was raised into heaven still physically alive, where he lives now. At the time appointed by Allah, Isa will physically return to the world, end all wars, and usher in an era of peace, a messianic era. There is a hadith that states that upon the return of Jesus ('Isa), he will abolish Christianity, smash all crosses, and kill every pig.[1]
The Islamic concept of the afterlife is physical; people are said to have bodies, and that they will experience material pleasures, including unlimited food, drink and sex. "Each time we sleep with a houri we find her virgin. Besides, the penis of the Elected never softens. The erection is eternal; the sensation that you feel each time you make love is utterly delicious and out of this world and were you to experience it in this world you would faint. Each chosen one [ie Muslim] will marry seventy houris, besides the women he married on earth, and all will have appetising vaginas." Al-Suyuti (d.1505)
According to traditional Muslim sources, male martyrs are expected to be rewarded in paradise by Allah granting them 72 female virgins that they can have sex with every day; these virgins will miraculously have their hymens regrown the next day, so that the person can continually spend eternity having sex with virgins. In recent decades, this belief has been stressed by some militant Islamic groups as a way to induce teenage males to become suicide bombers. The excessive stress on this belief is seen by moderate Muslims as a deviation from the traditional Muslim emphasis that it is only the five pillars of faith that bring one to Heaven.
On the other hand, other sources claim that men who die in Jihad get 70 virgins, not 72: see Five Pillars of Islam.
Those Muslims who do not inherit heaven, will be punished with a temporary stay in hell, and will go to heaven later as long as there is "one atom of faith in their hearts" as stated by the Prophet Muhammed. Muslims also believe that people who do not accept the Prophet Muhammed after hearing his message, will receieve eternal damnation in hell; just as those who did not believe in Jesus and Moses at their respective periods after hearing of their messages will also receive eternal damnation in hell.
The descriptons in the Qur'an of punishment for unbelief are extremely graphic and are taken literally. Skin is burned off the person's body and then they are given new skin so it can be burned off again. Boiling water is poured down people's throats and it rips their bowels apart. Extremes of heat and cold are applied to the body.
See also: Eschatology, Islam