Ahmed Mohamed who
was arrested for building a clock that was mistaken for a bomb has been invited
to The White House.
The White house disclosed this in its Facebook page with
the statement
‘Cool
clock, Ahmed. We're looking forward to your visit to the White House!#IStandWithAhmed’
followed by the picture below
Comments kept trouping in the post by the White House, Mark Zukerberg, CEO of Facebook also commented 'I love this. I invited Ahmed to visit Facebook too.'. Mark also went further to post this on his facebook page
''You’ve probably seen the story about Ahmed, the
14 year old student in Texas who built a clock and was arrested when he took it
to school.
Having
the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not
arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed.
Ahmed,
if you ever want to come by Facebook, I'd love to meet you. Keep building.'
If you missed the story about Ahmed, read below:
A 14-year-old boy
was arrested by police in Texas after a homemade clock he wanted to show his
school teachers was mistaken for a bomb.
Ahmed Mohamed told US media that he had made a clock at home and brought it into MacArthur High School in Irving to show his engineering teacher.
Another teacher saw it and, concerned it looked like a bomb, alerted school authorities who called the police.
His father fears the incident happened because of his son's Muslim background.
Irving Police Department chief Larry Boyd said the boy had been arrested for a suspected "hoax bomb", but officers determined there was no threat and released him.
"We have always had an outstanding relationship with the Muslim community," said Mr Boyd. "Incidents like this present challenges. We want to learn how we can move forward and turn this into a positive."
The Council on American-Islamic Relationssays it is investigating the incident.
There was a strong reaction to the story on social media.
Ahmed Mohamed told the Dallas Morning Newsthat he loved engineering and had wanted to show his teachers what he could do.
He said his engineering teacher had congratulated him but advised him "not to show any other teachers".
The teenager said another teacher became aware of it when the device beeped during the lesson.
"She was like - it looks like a bomb," he said.
The homemade clock consisted of a circuit board with wires leading to a digital display.
Later in the day the boy was pulled out of class, interviewed by the headteachers and four police officers, and put into juvenile detention.
The school issued a statement saying it "always ask our students and staff to immediately report if they observe any suspicious items".
Ahmed's father Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, who is originally from Sudan, said his son had been mistreated because of his name "and because of 11 September".
Alia Salem of the Council on American-Islamic Relations agreed: "This wouldn't even be a question if his name wasn't Ahmed Mohamed. He is an excited kid who is very bright and wants to share it with his teachers."
Ahmed Mohamed told US media that he had made a clock at home and brought it into MacArthur High School in Irving to show his engineering teacher.
Another teacher saw it and, concerned it looked like a bomb, alerted school authorities who called the police.
His father fears the incident happened because of his son's Muslim background.
Irving Police Department chief Larry Boyd said the boy had been arrested for a suspected "hoax bomb", but officers determined there was no threat and released him.
"We have always had an outstanding relationship with the Muslim community," said Mr Boyd. "Incidents like this present challenges. We want to learn how we can move forward and turn this into a positive."
The Council on American-Islamic Relationssays it is investigating the incident.
There was a strong reaction to the story on social media.
Ahmed Mohamed told the Dallas Morning Newsthat he loved engineering and had wanted to show his teachers what he could do.
He said his engineering teacher had congratulated him but advised him "not to show any other teachers".
The teenager said another teacher became aware of it when the device beeped during the lesson.
"She was like - it looks like a bomb," he said.
The homemade clock consisted of a circuit board with wires leading to a digital display.
Later in the day the boy was pulled out of class, interviewed by the headteachers and four police officers, and put into juvenile detention.
The school issued a statement saying it "always ask our students and staff to immediately report if they observe any suspicious items".
Ahmed's father Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, who is originally from Sudan, said his son had been mistreated because of his name "and because of 11 September".
Alia Salem of the Council on American-Islamic Relations agreed: "This wouldn't even be a question if his name wasn't Ahmed Mohamed. He is an excited kid who is very bright and wants to share it with his teachers."
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