Woe from the Ruler of the heavens to the ruler of the earth!

Mohamed Morsi, who went down in history as perhaps the only elected president in Egyptian history, was commemorated around the world with various events on the second anniversary of his death "before the eyes of the world" in a courtroom. In Turkey as well, he was the subject of memorial gatherings, both by his Egyptian comrades on the path and in the cause, and by Turkish civil society organizations that hold great affection for him.

One would have expected that his death taking place "before the eyes of the world" would become the occasion for an uprising of conscience across the world, and for sensitivity to democracy and human rights. Yet it was as though the fact that the end toward which he had been slowly dragged for a long time took place "before the eyes of the world" was specifically intended to keep consciences that might awaken occupied a little longer, and to dull sensibilities a little further.

As an elected president, he was overthrown in a coup carried out by the defense minister whom he himself had appointed and who was under his command. Though a victim, he was treated worse than a criminal: for 6 years he was held without it being announced where he was, without being granted the right to a defense or the right to see his relatives, with his requests for treatment for his steadily deteriorating health going unanswered, and his death, toward which he was slowly being dragged, took place in a courtroom. Worse still, after his death no autopsy was performed on him, and no funeral ceremony was permitted; he was buried in haste and in secret at the crack of dawn.

What remains is, in fact, a great story of Morsi that is full of lessons and admonitions, from beginning to end, for the entire Islamic world. The limits, meaning and dimensions of this story undoubtedly go far beyond the borders of Egypt.

Morsi's struggle, his principled and uncompromising stance, and his readiness to put his life on the line for it constitute an example that will not go into the grave with him. It is a horizon-opening example of who encircles democracy, human rights and freedoms, and human dignity in the Islamic world, and by what networks of solidarity their development can be obstructed. And of course it is also a very instructive example of how the criteria of success and failure in politics may be assessed, and of how strategic reason evaluates relations of friend and foe.

To assess that exemplarity in the second year after his death, a "Morsi Foundation for Democracy" was established with the participation of the Morsi family and many well-known names of the Islamic world. This year the commemorations were held largely under the leadership of this foundation. Among the foundation's missions, which will not be limited to commemorating Morsi alone, will be such tasks as developing democracy and human rights and freedoms in the Islamic world, the economic, social and political development of the Islamic world, and developing and pursuing a more strategic policy for the Palestinian cause.

Without a doubt, Morsi became a symbolic name through his struggle throughout his life for the Islamic world to attain an existence with a will of its own, independent, free and developed, and through the martyrdom with which he crowned that struggle. Keeping this symbol alive, without turning it into a fetish, through activities befitting its mission is a debt owed to his last testament.

In fact, he read out this testament in the very courtroom where he died, again before the eyes of the whole world, so that everyone could hear. Let us recall once more, on the 2nd anniversary of his death, these last words of his that we have also quoted here before. Which Muslim who knows himself could remain indifferent to these words?

MORSI'S LAST WORDS

"You accuse me of having relations with Hamas, and today you are doing the same thing. You blamed me for what happened in Sinai; what is happening in Sinai even today is plain for all to see, so why can you not prevent it?

You blamed me for the acts of violence in Egypt and for what happened in churches and mosques; today far more than that is taking place under your administration.

You isolated me but you did not abandon me; every day you did not neglect to stop by to torture me. You want to kill me slowly but in the most savage way, and the only thing you hold back from is the reaction you would face if I were murdered.

No one but God knows what our appointed time is. In the face of all these oppressions, betrayals and coups, I say only: God is sufficient for us, and what an excellent Disposer of affairs He is. I know with certainty that I will meet God, that with patience and gratitude I will meet the wrongdoing criminals in the presence of God. All adversaries are gathered before Him.

My message to my children and my wife is this: God is my witness that I love you more than anyone but God can know. However much pain and anguish I suffered in prison, however much time I spent without treatment, without medicine, I never stopped thinking of you night and day. I do not know when we shall meet, perhaps it will be in Paradise, where we shall complain to God of the oppression of the oppressors.

From here I say again, and underline it strongly, to the great people of Egypt: you have the power to change. O youth of Egypt, do not disappoint the mothers of the martyrs, do not disappoint your brothers who are suffering oppression. The oppression will not continue, and days will come when none of the coup-makers remains, for God is everlasting and eternal.

My presidency did not even last a year, and we saw how some Zio-Amo-Arab states interfered in Egypt's affairs and bought some hired names to bring Egypt down. And now, as you witness, it continues to fall into ruin with each passing day. It will not calm down until the oppressors perish and the oppressed return to society."

According to eyewitnesses, Morsi collapsed to the ground with these last words, and his very last words were: "I am only waiting to meet God. O judge, woe to the judge of the earth from the Judge of the heavens!"