Muslim world but are rapidly increasing. In the Eastern Middle East, Iran has a high level of youth literacy at 98%, whereas Iraq's youth literacy rate has sharply declined from 85% to 57%, during the American-led war and subsequent occupation. Indonesia, the largest Muslim-majority country in the world, has a very high youth literacy rate at 99%. In Afghanistan, seminaries are operated by politically active religious organizations and have taken the place of basic education not provided and funded by the government. A 2016 Pew Research Center study about religion and education around the world found that Muslims have the lowest average
Muslim Quarter Muslim Quarter The Muslim Quarter ( "Ḥāraṫ al-Muslimīn"; "Ha-Rovah ha-Muslemi") is one of the four quarters of the ancient, walled Old City of Jerusalem. It covers of the northeastern sector of the Old City. The quarter is the largest and most populous and extends from the Lions' Gate in the east, along the northern wall of the Temple Mount in the south, to the Damascus Gate—Western Wall route in the west. The Via Dolorosa starts in the quarter. The population of the Muslim Quarter is 22,000. The Muslim quarter had a mixed population of Jews, Muslims and Christians until the