There's an interesting post on alt.folklore.urban cataloging examples of Muslim hoaxes involving people who were supposedly cursed by Allah, for one reason or another, and transformed into bizarre animals.

For instance, there's the case of the girl who threw the Quran at her mother and was transformed into a large, rat-like creature. The image that accompanies the story (and video) was actually lifted from an art exhibit by Patricia Piccinini, who isn't very happy about how her work was appropriated.

There's also a case of a girl who kicked the Quran and was transformed into an ugly mermaid-like creature. In reality, the creature is a guitar fish.

If the punishment for kicking or throwing the Quran is to be transformed into an animal, then what's the punishment for making bizarre stuff up to scare people?