"The authors establish several points: (1) Islam treats homosexuality far less harshly than does Judaism or Christianity. (2) Sex between men results in part from the segregation of women and in part from the poetic and folk heritage holding that the penetration of a pretty boy is the ultimate in sexual delight. (3) Sex between men is frowned upon, but accepted" so long as the participants also marry and have children"
(Book Review) Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History, and Literature (http://www.danielpipes.org/742/islamic-homosexualities-culture-history-and-literature)