NEW YORK - Muslims overwhelmingly support educating girls and boys equally, according to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Centre. More than eight-in-ten in Lebanon (96pc), Indonesia (93pc), Turkey (89pc), Pakistan (87pc) and the Palestinian territories (85pc) say that it is equally important to educate girls and boys, the survey released Friday said. The survey was conducted in six predominantly Muslim nations - Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan and Turkey as well as the Palestinian territories and the Muslim population of Nigeria and Israels Arab population. The survey finds that there is limited enthusiasm for most of the Muslim political figures tested on the survey, with the exception of Saudi King Abdullah, who is the most popular. In Jordan (92pc) and Egypt (83pc) for example, large majorities say they have confidence that King Abdullah will do the right thing in world affairs. The king receives quite positive ratings outside the Middle East as well, especially in the largely Muslim Asian nations: Pakistan (64pc) and Indonesia (61pc). However, the Saudi monarch does not receive high marks everywhere - only 8pc of Turks voice confidence in him, it said. And overall his ratings are less positive than they were in 2007. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah receives less positive reviews, according to the survey. Only 37pc of Lebanese overall express confidence in Nasrallah; however, the countrys Shia community shows almost unanimous confidence in him (97pc). He also receives relative high marks in the Palestinian territories, and especially in the West Bank, where 71pc say they think he will do the right thing in international affairs. Confidence in Palestinian Authority President Mahm-oud Abbas has declined since 2007, especially in the neighbouring countries of Egypt (67pc confidence in 2007; 33pc in 2009) and Jordan (53pc in 2007; 33pc in 2009). His ratings have dropped slightly among Palestinians overall (from 56pc in 2007 to 52pc in 2009); however, they have declined markedly among Gazans, falling from 69pc to 51pc. Even before their disputed elections last year, both Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were generally unpopular among most of the Muslim publics surveyed, it said. Ahmadinejads highest ratings are in the Palestinian territories (45pc confidence) and Indonesia (43pc), although even among these publics fewer than half express a positive view of his leadership. There is no country in which even 40pc express confidence in Karzai, and in Pakistan (10pc), Turkey (7pc) and Lebanon (7pc) one-in-ten or fewer hold this view. Ratings for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden have generally declined in recent years, and he receives little support among most Muslim publics, the survey said. However, about half (51pc) of Palestinians express confidence in him and in Nigeria, 54pc majority of the countrys Muslim population say they are confident in bin Ladens leadership. In Pakistan, where many believe Osama bin Laden is now hiding, only 18pc express confidence in him, although 35pc do not offer an opinion. Very few Turks (3pc) or Lebanese (2pc) express support for the terrorist leader. Across most of the 25 nations included in the spring 2009 Pew Global Attitudes survey, US President Barack Obama received positive reviews, although this was less true in predominantly Muslim countries. Even so, his ratings were consistently higher than those of his predecessor, George W Bush, and in some cases higher than for the Muslim leaders included on the survey. For example, only 33pc in Turkey have confidence in Obama, but this is still more support than Abbas, Nasrallah, Abdullah, Ahmadinejad, or Karzai receives. And the American president is quite popular among some largely Muslim publics, especially in Indonesia, where he spent several years as a child: 71pc of Indonesians voice confidence in him. Obama is also popular among Nigerian Muslims (81pc), Israeli Arabs (69pc), and Lebanese Sunnis (65pc). In Arab nations, it said attitudes toward Jews remain extremely negative. More than 90pc of Egyptians, Jordanians, Lebanese and Palestinians express unfavourable views towards Jews. Only 35pc of Israeli Arabs, however, express a negative opinion. Across predominantly Muslim nations, the survey found little enthusiasm for the extremist Islamic organisations Hamas and Hezbollah, although there are pockets of support for both groups, especially in the Middle East. There is also a widespread perception among Muslims that conflict between Sunnis and Shias is not limited to Iraqs borders, and many Muslims are also convinced there is a struggle between groups who want to modernise and fundamentalists.