The myth is that Islam will protect from homosexual degeneracy. This myth is busted with a thousand years of evidence. Apparently such behavior (especially directed toward young boys) stops when Islam encounters large numbers of Christians. “MIHM [Mature Immature Homosexual Behavior] was pervasive in Islamic societies (North Africa, Western-Central Asia) from eighth to nineteenth centuries. MIMH attractions were seen as just as normal as heterosexual ones. Main interest was in boys early to mid-teens, peaking at about 14. The appeal vanished with a beard (16-17). Adult men were scorned if they were passive partners. Manly behavior was to be active (partner’s gender did not matter). Staggering amounts of love poetry show an obsession with boyish beauty, seen as comparable to women’s. Poets attracted to boys constitute a Who’s Who. Desire for boys, but not behavior or lust, was permissible under Islam, but behavior was common nevertheless. The tradition eroded in the late nineteenth century in reaction to Western abhorrence and efforts to modernize.” – Rind, Bruce & Yuill, Richard. (2012). Hebephilia as Mental Disorder? A Historical, Cross-Cultural, Sociological, Cross-Species, Non-Clinical Empirical, and Evolutionary Review. Archives of sexual behavior. 41.