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#IStandWithAhmed: From Obama to Zuckerberg, biggest names in science, tech lend support to Muslim schoolboy
A Muslim teen was led out of a Texas school in handcuffs after a teacher mistook his homemade digital clock for a bomb, prompting accusations of Islamophobia and an online backlash on Wednesday.
A Muslim teen was led out of a Texas school in handcuffs after a teacher mistook his homemade digital clock for a bomb, prompting accusations of Islamophobia and an online backlash on Wednesday.[caption id="attachment_2437072" align="alignleft" width="380"]![In this Sept. 14, 2015 photo provided by Eyman Mohamed, her brother Ahmed Mohamed stands in handcuffs at Irving police department in Irving, Texas. The 14-year-old Muslim boy became a sensation on social media Wednesday, Sept. 16 and got an invitation to the White House after word spread that he had been placed in handcuffs and suspended for coming to class with a homemade clock that school officials thought resembled a bomb. (Eyman Mohamed via AP)]()
Ahmed Mohamed stands in handcuffs at Irving police department in Irving, Texas. AP[/caption]A photo of Ahmed Mohamed, 14, standing in handcuffs while wearing a t-shirt with the US space agency NASA's logo was retweeted thousands of times in a matter of hours and "#IStandWithAhmed" was the top trending hashtag on Twitter.Among those voicing support for the boy was Hillary Clinton, who tweeted: "Assumptions and fear don't keep us safe-they hold us back. Ahmed, stay curious and keep building."Mohamed told The Dallas Morning News that he was just trying to impress his teachers when he brought the clock to MacArthur High school on Monday."My hobby is to invent stuff," he said in a video posted on the paper's website that was filmed in his electronics-filled bedroom."I made a clock. It was really easy. I wanted to show something small at first... they took it wrong so I was arrested for a hoax bomb." AFPHere are some of the Twitter reactions:
Ahmed Mohamed stands in handcuffs at Irving police department in Irving, Texas. AP[/caption]A photo of Ahmed Mohamed, 14, standing in handcuffs while wearing a t-shirt with the US space agency NASA's logo was retweeted thousands of times in a matter of hours and "#IStandWithAhmed" was the top trending hashtag on Twitter.Among those voicing support for the boy was Hillary Clinton, who tweeted: "Assumptions and fear don't keep us safe-they hold us back. Ahmed, stay curious and keep building."Mohamed told The Dallas Morning News that he was just trying to impress his teachers when he brought the clock to MacArthur High school on Monday."My hobby is to invent stuff," he said in a video posted on the paper's website that was filmed in his electronics-filled bedroom."I made a clock. It was really easy. I wanted to show something small at first... they took it wrong so I was arrested for a hoax bomb." AFPHere are some of the Twitter reactions:You’ve probably seen the story about Ahmed, the 14 year old student in Texas who built a clock and was arrested when he... Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday, 16 September 2015
First Published:Sep 17, 2015, 16:36:17 IST
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