Shusha Guppy of the Times Higher Education Supplement has argued that "It has long been assumed that the Arab-Islamic societies have always been less tolerant of homosexuality than the West."
《泰晤士高等教育》增刊的Shusha Guppy已经指出“长期以来一直认为，阿拉伯伊斯兰社会对同性恋的态度一直比西方更宽容。