Ahmed Mohamed clock incident

Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old student, 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 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. thumb|500px|US President Obama tweet to student Ahmed MohamedFacebook 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.

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