Ramy sighed. ‘Whoever takes a life – it will be as if they killed all humanity. So says the Qu’ran.’ ‘Thanks,’ Robin muttered. ‘That’s comforting.’ ‘But the Qu’ran also speaks of Allah’s infinite mercy.’ Ramy was quiet for a moment. ‘And I think . . . well, Professor Lovell was a very bad man, wasn’t he? You acted in self-defence, didn’t you? And the things he did to you, to your brother, to your mothers . . . perhaps he did deserve to die. Perhaps the fact that you killed him first prevented unforetold harm from coming to others. But that’s really not your decision to make. That’s God’s.’
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