Barack Obama stands with Ahmed Mohamed. As detailed in the following video, this 14-year old Muslim from Texas was actually detained by the police after he brought a homemade clock into school. Student Arrested For Bringing Homemade Clock to School The teacher believed it to be a bomb and called the authorities. No charges were filed, but the story spurred talk of Islamophobia online, with the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed quickly trending on Twitter and his sisters setting up an account for their sibling at @istandwithahme. It has amassed over 26,000 followers in just a few hours. Among those who have taken notice of the story? A certain Commander-in-Chief. “Cool clock, Ahmed,” Barack Obama wrote on Twitter this afternoon. “Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It’s what makes America great.” (But isn’t America not great? Don’t we have to make it great again, as Donald Trump says on his hat?) According to The Dallas Morning News, Ahmed made the clock in question out of a circuit board, which was covered by a pencil case that resembled a metal briefcase. When the item started beeping inside his bag at MacArthur High School, administrators called the police and Ahmed was suspended for three days. Ahmed told the newspaper he was “interrogated” by multiple police officers, who took mug shots of him and who even placed him in handcuffs (for “safety” reasons, Irving Police Chief Larry Boyd said in a press conference). “It made me feel like I wasn’t human,” Ahmed told the newspaper. “It made me feel like a criminal.” Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have expressed support for Mohamed via Twitter, prompting the 14-year old to write in response: “Thank you for your support! I really didn’t think people would care about a Muslim boy. #Thankyouforstandingwithme #IStandWithAhmed. “We can ban together to stop this racial inequality and prevent this from happening again.” View Slideshow: 11 Stars Who Should Run for President
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Ahmed Mohamed Snags Invitation to The White House
