On Monday, a teenage boy, Ahmed Mohamed, a student of the MacArthur High School was handcuffed and arrested by school officials for bringing a clock believed to be a “hoax bomb” to school.

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A follow up investigation however revealed that the device was a homemade experiment and he had no intention to create alarm. The issue has been trending for the past few days with many adopting the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed showing solidarity to the 14 year-old boy whose ingenuity was not praised.

Ahmed’s father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed who has lived in America for 30 years was unhappy about his son’s humiliation. In a press conference yesterday, he said he is proud of his son.

“He fixed my phone, my car, my computer. He is a very smart, brilliant kid. What is happening is touching the heart of everyone with children. And that is America. It made me really happy to see all these people support me. I’m thinking about transferring from MacArthur to any other school.” 

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as well as the President of the United States, Barack Obama have however extended an open initiation to the brilliant lad.  
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“Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed.”  Zuckerberg wrote

Obama added. “Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It’s what America great.”

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