Like the other three quarters of the Old City , until the riots of 1929 the Muslim quarter had a mixed population of Muslims , Christians , and also Jews . Today , there are " many Israeli settler homes " and " several yeshivas " , including Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim , in the Muslim Quarter . Its population was 22,000 in 2005
riots of 1929
1929 Palestine riots
Old City (Jerusalem)