Arab Gays Defy Laws, Venture Into Open

"BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - When Ahmad Mahfouz told his mother he is gay, she took him to a psychiatrist, thinking he had a disease that could be cured by antidepressants.

When that didn't work, she urged him to date a woman. He ignored her advice. "So now, whenever she sees me, she beats me with anything she can lay her hands on: a metal hanger, leather belt, her shoes."

The 19-year-old Lebanese college student is unusual in his candor and willingness to be identified, though not photographed. But more Arabs are coming out as gays, or at least coming to terms with their sexuality, even though in some countries they face laws that can land them in jail, and extremists who beat them up because Islam condemns homosexuality.

On top of that, homosexuality is widely seen as a disease spread by the United States and Israel to corrupt Arabs and undermine their religious faith."
MyWay

If this does not say it all about the Arab parallel universe where everything is our fault.
I kept thinking this was some joke, but it is repeated through out the story. How could people be that stupid to buy into something like that.