page_title: Ahmed Mohamed clock incident
hierarchical_section_title: Ahmed Mohamed clock incident
caption_attribution_description: Ahmed Mohamed, student in Texas, received this message on Twitter from US President Barack Obama:"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."
context_page_description: Ahmed Mohamed is a 14-year-old student who was arrested in Irving, Texas in September 2015. The arrest happened after a teacher, and later the police mistook a clock he had taken apart for a hoax bomb. His arrest caused a huge controversy.
  US President Barack Obama invited him to The White House. President Obama and others complimented Mohamed for his inventive nature.
  Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Hillary Rodham Clinton also gave him support.
  His father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, ran in the election for President of Sudan in 2010 and 2015. The elder Mohamed is the director of the Islamic Sufi Center in Texas.
context_section_description: Ahmed Mohamed is a 14-year-old student who was arrested in Irving, Texas in September 2015. The arrest happened after a teacher, and later the police mistook a clock he had taken apart for a hoax bomb. His arrest caused a huge controversy.
  
  US President Barack Obama invited him to The White House. President Obama and others complimented Mohamed for his inventive nature. 
  Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Hillary Rodham Clinton also gave him support.
  His father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, ran in the election for President of Sudan in 2010 and 2015. The elder Mohamed is the director of the Islamic Sufi Center in Texas.
caption: US President Obama tweet to student Ahmed Mohamed
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