Yes crewmeal, life is not so black and white. I remember having wonderful sessions with a senior Arab gentleman (for such he was) when at the end of the first bottle of Black Label, when I asked him about the proscription of alcohol he replied, "Ah you do not know your Koran. The translation of the proscribed drink is wine"
Give them a break. Living in a desert with nothing but slender ankles to observe, they need something to assuage the pains of life.