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It may not be that evangelicals are being quiet about their position. It may simply be that they, like much of America, are taking a "wait and see" approach to the situation. Some evangelical leaders are often criticized for hitting the microphones before all the facts are in. Perhaps they should be applauded for not doing so this time.

Indian court dismisses case against Cooper
An Indian court has dismissed the criminal case against American pastor Joseph Cooper, who was beaten and stabbed by a Hindu mob. The judge said the petition, brought by Hindu activists, was "not maintainable."

But other missionaries, aid workers, and foreign Christians are still in danger. Militant Hindu groups are now pressing local governments to deport any foreign Christian engaged in religious activity in the country. But there are more signs that Indians are beginning to stick up for Christians, even foreign ones.

"It was the Jesuits who educated the first crop of India's great sons, introduced the first printing press, built the first observatory," Fali S. Nariman wrote in The Indian Express. "Yet, when they are ill-treated and assaulted because of their religion, the Government of the day, even the minorities commission looks the other way."

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