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| Ahmed Mohamed: Barack Obama invites detained Muslim teenager to take his clock to the White House | Ahmed Mohamed: Barack Obama invites detained Muslim teenager to take his clock to the White House |
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| President Barack Obama has voiced his support for the 14-year-old Muslim teenager arrested by police after taking a homemade clock to school. | President Barack Obama has voiced his support for the 14-year-old Muslim teenager arrested by police after taking a homemade clock to school. |
| As reports said police from Irving, Texas, had decided they would not charge Ahmed Mohamed with making a hoax bomb - as his family had been told they might - Mr Obama invited the teenager to take his clock to the White House. | As reports said police from Irving, Texas, had decided they would not charge Ahmed Mohamed with making a hoax bomb - as his family had been told they might - Mr Obama invited the teenager to take his clock to the White House. |
| Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great. | Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great. |
| "Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House?," he said. | "Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House?," he said. |
| "We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great." | "We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great." |
| .@anildash @IStandWithAhmed we would love to have Ahmed visit us at MIT! | |
| Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also voiced his support for the schoolboy. Engineers from Google, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NASA also offered their support and a tour of their facilities. | |
| "Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed," he wrote on his own page. | "Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed," he wrote on his own page. |
| Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for taking his homemade clock to school in Texas | Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for taking his homemade clock to school in Texas |
| The teenager told The Independent that he had lost his innocence after being detained by police and that he had been made to feel like a criminal. “I like science, but I look like a threat because of my brown skin," he said. | The teenager told The Independent that he had lost his innocence after being detained by police and that he had been made to feel like a criminal. “I like science, but I look like a threat because of my brown skin," he said. |
| As outcry over his arrest grew, people voiced their support for the youngster on twitter using the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed | As outcry over his arrest grew, people voiced their support for the youngster on twitter using the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed |