Since many of the affected countries also treat any dissent against homosexuality as a hate crime, you would think there might be some conflict here. Evidently, we are once again realizing the truth of that liberal adage, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
Islam permits homosexual behavior as a ‘bottom’ if one is captured or as a ‘top’ if one captures. Homosexual clubs in Arab countries are popular, and the religious practitioners carry pins to poke each other, to comply with the rules on capture.