Ahmed Mohamed clock incident
incident in which a child was arrested for bringing clock parts to school
Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old student, was arrested in Irving, Texas in September 2015.[1] The arrest happened after a teacher, and later the police mistook a clock he had taken apart for a hoax bomb.[1][2][3] His arrest caused a huge controversy.[2][3]
US President Barack Obama invited him to the White House.[1][3] President Obama and others complimented Mohamed for his inventive nature.[1][3]
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Hillary Rodham Clinton also gave him support.[1]
His father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, ran in the election for President of Sudan in 2010 and 2015.[2] The elder Mohamed is the director of the Islamic Sufi Center in Texas.[2]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fernandez, Manny. "Handcuffed for Making Clock, Ahmed Mohamed, 14, Wins Time With Obama". The New York Times. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Arja, Hadeel (September 22, 2015). "Ahmed Mohamed's Family Has Come A Long Way From Sudan To Texas". The World Post. The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Reuters (September 22, 2015). "Muslim student arrested over clock withdraws from Texas school". Toronto Sun. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
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