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In our next interview, we talk with Sister Rosemary, a Catholic nun and the Head of Saint Monica Girls’ Tailoring Centre in Gulu, Uganda, about the persecuted church and loving your enemy even in the aftermath of the Lord’s Resistance Army lead by Joseph Kony. Listen along all this week as we interview various theologians and experts on the subject of non-violence and enemy love, in order to work out some of the implications of Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5.

In our next interview, we talk with Sister Rosemary, a Catholic nun and the Head of Saint Monica Girls’ Tailoring Centre in Gulu, Uganda, about the persecuted church and loving your enemy even in the aftermath of the Lord’s Resistance Army lead by Joseph Kony. Listen along all this week as we interview various theologians and experts on the subject of non-violence and enemy love, in order to work out some of the implications of Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5.

Non-Violence: Interview with Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe

On Wednesday, a cross-border shelling by Syria's military killed five women and children in Turkey, who retaliated with artillery strikes that went deep into Syria.Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that his country does not want war with Syria but that it is determined to protect its borders and people.Erdogan was speaking at a news conference held hours after Turkey's Parliament approved a bill authorizing military operations against Syria."Turkey has been very measured in their response," said panelist Joshua Landis, the Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma. "Turkey does not want to get into a war in Syria. Turkey has been organizing the opposition, and allowing the Syrian insurgency to be based out of Turkey."Iranian riot police have been deployed at key intersections in Tehran after tensions flared over the nation's plunging currency in the most widespread display of anger linked to the country's sanctions-hit economy."In some ways, I think this is the result of the sanctions," said Rebecca Cruise, an expert on international politics and global security. "That, and the fact that there's been a real drawback on the sale of foreign oil. Unfortunately, sanctions do not look that pretty. This is turning into what could potentially be a violent situation."Still, the show of force by police reflects the authorities' concerns in the wake of sporadic protests from the plummeting currency, which has sharply driven up prices.Joseph Kony received a surge of attention in March when a film spread virally across social media that documents the charity Invisible Children's efforts to stop the leader of a Northern Uganda guerrilla group.Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe started a school in 2002 to help poor young girls and women who were affected by the decades-long Ugandan civil war."For the last 20 years or more, women and children have suffered greatly from the rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army," said Sister Rosemary. "We’re trying to rehabilitate them, giving them different activities which can help then to be integrated again in society one day, and be accepted as useful members of the society in Uganda."Many of these women became mothers after they were abudcted and raped by rebels in Kony's LRA."Sometimes their own family members don’t accept them, and I found out that these girls are just normal women," said Sister Rosemary. "But yet, culture takes them and puts them aside, because in our culture, a girl who gets pregnant or has children out of the normal marriage system, is always considered put aside, and cannot marry again. For these girls, they are doubly disadvantaged because they got these children from rebel commanders, and they got these children from someone they might not know, or someone who’s been killed."

On Wednesday, a cross-border shelling by Syria's military killed five women and children in Turkey, who retaliated with artillery strikes that went deep into Syria. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that his country does not want war with Syria but that it is determined to protect its borders and people. Erdogan was speaking at a news conference held hours after Turkey's Parliament approved a bill authorizing military operations against Syria. "Turkey has been very measured in their response," said panelist Joshua Landis, the Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma. "Turkey does not want to get into a war in Syria. Turkey has been organizing the opposition, and allowing the Syrian insurgency to be based out of Turkey." Iranian riot police have been deployed at key intersections in Tehran after tensions flared over the nation's plunging currency in the most widespread display of anger linked to the country's sanctions-hit economy. "In some ways, I think this is the result of the sanctions," said Rebecca Cruise, an expert on international politics and global security. "That, and the fact that there's been a real drawback on the sale of foreign oil. Unfortunately, sanctions do not look that pretty. This is turning into what could potentially be a violent situation." Still, the show of force by police reflects the authorities' concerns in the wake of sporadic protests from the plummeting currency, which has sharply driven up prices. Joseph Kony received a surge of attention in March when a film spread virally across social media that documents the charity Invisible Children's efforts to stop the leader of a Northern Uganda guerrilla group. Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe started a school in 2002 to help poor young girls and women who were affected by the decades-long Ugandan civil war. "For the last 20 years or more, women and children have suffered greatly from the rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army," said Sister Rosemary. "We’re trying to rehabilitate them, giving them different activities which can help then to be integrated again in society one day, and be accepted as useful members of the society in Uganda." Many of these women became mothers after they were abudcted and raped by rebels in Kony's LRA. "Sometimes their own family members don’t accept them, and I found out that these girls are just normal women," said Sister Rosemary. "But yet, culture takes them and puts them aside, because in our culture, a girl who gets pregnant or has children out of the normal marriage system, is always considered put aside, and cannot marry again. For these girls, they are doubly disadvantaged because they got these children from rebel commanders, and they got these children from someone they might not know, or someone who’s been killed."

Turkey-Syria Conflict, Iran's Currency, Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe