# WaiDai

How Extremists reach people?

Extremists have also used gaps in education to influence youth and communities. For example, 40 percent of the population in Egypt is illiterate, and academic curricula is lacking in many areas (even at the university level). Religious education is taught in mosques and emphasizes prayer and rituals, with little awareness of religious values. (http://www.icanpeacework.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Women-Religious-Extremism.pdf)