There's nothing in the Quran about virgins in Paradise. The claim is like New Car Smell - there to get you to sign on the line, gone when realize your contract puts you under water.

And, remember when it used to be 40 virgins? Damn inflation. Need a law for "Yes" to mean "Yes" because it isn't worth much any more.

From WikiIslam:

http://wikiislam.net/wiki/72_Virgins

Whilst there are numerous sources, including the Qur'an, which tell us believing males will be rewarded with virgins, many who are concerned about the authenticity of the 72 virgins concept are under the misconception that there is only one weak (da`if) reference to the exact number of houri given to them. These narrations are in fact found in many hadith collections with varying levels of authenticity, ranging from hasan (good) to sahih (authentic).

For example, in the Sunan Ibn Majah, one of the six major Hadith collections,[31] it states in a hasan (good)[9] narration that every male admitted into Paradise will be given eternal erections and wed to 72 wives, all with libidinous sex organs.[10] Similarly in another hadith with multiple narrators that has been graded hasan (good), it states that the martyr (shahid) will be married to seventy-two of al-hoor al-‘iyn.[32][33]

In the Sunan al-Tirmidhi, another of the six major Hadith collections,[31] it states that the smallest reward for the people of Heaven is an abode with seventy-two houri.[34] Note that this is not a "weak Hadith that has no Sanad (chain of narrators)", as some have claimed.[35] It has been graded hasan sahih gharib,[9] meaning this hadith is hasan since it has several chains of transmitters, it is sahih as the chains are all authentic and it is gharib in the words that Imam Tirmidhi narrated.[36]

Also reported in Sunan al-Kubra and Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and declared sahih (authentic)[9] by Ibn Abi Shayba, Ibn Hibban, and al-Hakim is the hadith that states the servant in Paradise will be married with seventy wives and that they'll be given the sexual strength for a hundred.[37]

Orthodox Muslim theologians have related further hadith that give us the exact number of 72, such as al-Ghazali who wrote, "[The Prophet said] the lowest rank of an inmate of Paradise will have eighty thousand servants and seventy two wives."[38]

More: http://www.justaskislam.com/5/72-virgins-in-heaven/

"bullshit thrown at credulous primitives"

I distinctly recall news video from Afghanistan when the first special forces soldiers arrived and began talking to the locals about what had happened and why were there - and who we were seeking.

One of them had a portable DVD player and showed video of the Twin Towers attacks to a group of Afghanis - and one of them said "I didn't know people could build anything that large."

Credulous primitives, indeed.

The amazing fact about human tribalism is that first the leaders misarrange the society to cause deprivation and pain, then the leaders promise to do more to fix the problems, which are said to be even larger than anticipated. It is all based on some glorious future, even after death, if the peasants will only cooperate.

For example, Venezuela has declined for 50 years from being the 12th richest country at the start, to having shortages of toilet paper and bread today. This, despite having vast oil deposits to support its economy. Even after its decline, 60% of Venezuelans support the charismatic leadership of Maduro, groomed for power by being a cab driver and good friend of the late Chavez.

Of course, the US, Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Russia, and ISIS all suffer from the same illusions, at different points along the sorry path to declining wealth.

it states in a hasan (good)[9] narration that every male admitted into Paradise will be given eternal erections

Jihadi dudes don't read the fine print about a red warning flag having to be stapled to it at all times.

The Quran is curiously silent on what heaven will be like for women.