In a message dated 3/21/2004 3:33:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx writes: Campus Watch is a pro-Zionist, neo-conservative organization closely connected to the current administration. That may be true and I am certainly in no position to evaluate it. On the other hand, is there an "American studies" department in any Middle East university? Aside from translation sites like MEMRI, are there any organizations that monitor what is taught in mosques and schools in the Middle East? It's fine that people in the US defend freedom of thought. Who is doing the same job in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Iran? In the case of Iran, one mostly reads about the militia and/or police being called in to break up student protests or disband student organizations. What's being done worldwide to ensure justice and intellectual freedom? Does anyone know? ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html