King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, is the most popular leader in Muslim countries. About 92 percent of Jordanians and 83 percent of Egyptians say they have complete confidence that King Abdullah will do the right things in international affairs. King Abdullah received positive ratings outside the Middle East as well, especially in largely Muslim Asian nations, such as Pakistan (64 percent) and Indonesia (61 percent), according to a survey conducted by the American Pew Research Center. The survey was conducted in six predominantly Muslim nations – Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan and Turkey as well as the Palestinian territories and among the Muslim population of Nigeria and Israel's Arab population. The survey found that there is limited enthusiasm for the Muslim political figures covered by the survey, with the exception of King Abdullah. The Pew Center said it is the second time that King Abdullah has topped the list of most popular leaders in polls conducted by it. He also clinched the top position in a poll carried out by the center in 2007. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah received the least positive reviews, according to the survey. Only 37 percent of Lebanese overall expressed confidence in Nasrallah; however, the country's Shiite community showed almost unanimous confidence in him (97 percent). He also received relatively high marks in the Palestinian territories, and especially in the West Bank, where 71 percent said they think he will do the right thing in international affairs. Confidence in Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declined since 2007, especially in the neighboring countries of Egypt and Jordan. His ratings also dropped slightly among Palestinians. 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 public surveyed, the survey found. Ahmadinejad's highest ratings were in the Palestinian territories (45 percent) and Indonesia (43 percent), although even there fewer than half expressed a positive view of his leadership. There is no country in which even 40 percent expressed confidence in Karzai, and in Pakistan (10 percent), Turkey (7 percent) and Lebanon (7 percent) one-in
