"Ahmed, if you ever want to come by Facebook, I'd love to meet you. "Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. Google invited him on Twitter to this weekend's Google Science Fair.Īnd Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg invited the teen to stop by his company in a statement posted on his page. In the meantime, Ahmed was racking up invitations from top tech companies. We will always take necessary precautions to protect our students and keep our school community as safe as possible." "If something is out of the ordinary, the information should be reported immediately to a school administrator and/or the police so it can be addressed right away. "We always ask our students and staff to immediately report if they observe any suspicious items and/or suspicious behavior," the school's statement reads. School officials said they were cooperating with authorities on the matter. Police announced Wednesday that the teen will not be charged, but Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed said he is not sure if his son will return to school Thursday. And this instance, it's clear that at least some of Ahmed's teachers failed him," Earnest said. The fact is, America's best teachers and our schools and our best schools, at least, nurture the intellectual curiously of all of our students. "The president, like many of us, was struck by the news reports of this particular incident. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday that the incident "is a good illustration of how pernicious stereotypes can prevent even goodhearted people who have dedicated their lives to educating young people from doing the good work they set out to do. The Muslim community in Canada celebrated his victory. Pictures of Trudeau donning a shalwar kameez at a mosque surfaced on the internet yesterday, sending all the desi ladies in a frenzy. Whites his colour As is purple basically every colour is his colour. The White House invited Ahmed to Astronomy Night in October, an annual event that brings together astronauts, scientists and other professionals. The implausibly good looking PM has been unleashing his inner desi man since 2012. "We need to be encouraging young engineers, not putting them in handcuffs. "We need people like him in this country." "My son is a very brilliant boy," the father told CNN. He said they would not allow him to contact his father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, who ran for president of Sudan earlier this year. Mohamed repeatedly told police that what they believed to be a hoax bomb was actually a clock. "They arrested me and they told me that I committed the crime of a hoax bomb, a fake bomb," the freshman later explained. Muslim teen Ahmed Mohamed creates clock, shows teachers, gets arrested A photo shows Ahmed being led out of school in handcuffs and a NASA T-shirt. Instead, an English teacher reported Ahmed's project, which prompted school officials to call police. It's what makes America great," the POTUS Twitter account tweeted.Īhmed Mohamed, who plans to become an engineer, went to his high school in Irving, Texas, on Monday with the goal of showing his teacher a digital clock he'd made from a pencil case.īut the 14-year-old's day did not end with high praise. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. Washington (CNN)The same day Texas police announced that a teenager arrested in Texas after bringing a clock he made to high school would not charged, President Barack Obama invited the student to the White House. NASA scientists and MIT researchers have also offered tours, along with praise for the teen’s ingenuity.Ahmed Mohamed went to his high school with the goal of showing his teacher a digital clock he'd made from a pencil caseīut an English teacher reported Ahmed's project, which prompted school officials to call police The Facebook founder has invited Ahmed to meet him at the social media giant’s California headquarters. However, school teachers mistook the device for a bomb and consequently police was called in, and Ahmed was handcuffed and escorted out.Īs the story about his detention spread, along with his photo in a NASA T-shirt and handcuffs, a national outrage erupted and he was flooded with support.īesides Obama, Ahmed has got invitation from Mark Zuckerberg also. He walked into MacArthur High School on Monday (14th Sep) morning with his hastily assembled device: A digital clock. The 14-year-old Ahmed wanted to impress his teachers with his homemade invention. The tweet has since been retweeted 370,000 times. It’s what makes America great,” tweeted Obama on his official twitter handle at 10:28 pm on Wednesday (16th Sep). Two days after the ninth grader Ahmed from Irving in Texas was detained from his school as teachers mistook his own homemade clock for bomb, President Obama invited him to the White House. Washington, : US President Barack Obama has come out to rescue teenaged Ahmed Mohamed and recognize his talent.