Societies that tried to repress homosexuality always seem to end up with more of it.

Every middle easterner I met has arranged one of these

The Muslims have an exception to every rule: Jihad. Off to war? Guess you won't be seeing your wife for a while, and you need sex, so it's not really gay. It's Jihad. Eating pork is literally the worst thing you could ever do, unless of course you're at war and then you need every kind of sustenance you can get your hands on. It's Jihad. Lying is just plain evil because it obscures the truth except for when you're dealing with your enemies, where it's perfectly fine to negotiate a treaty in bad faith just to buy time to arm yourselves and put them off guard so you can surprise attack them. It's all Jihad.