Muslim schoolboy arrested for bringing homemade clock to school, gets invite

White House press secretary Josh Earnest called the episode involving Ahmed Mohamed a “teachable moment”.

The hashtag #IStandWithAhmed went viral on social media sites in support of the prodigy.

The incident caught the attention of President Obama, who tweeted “cool clock.” and invited Ahmed to the White House.

President Obama mirrored the sentiment in a tweet: “Cool clock, Ahmed”.

The White House also extended the teen an invitation to speak with NASA scientists and astronauts at an astronomy night.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has invited Ahmed Mohamed to the company and praised him for his creativity.

His first period engineering teacher said, “That’s really nice”, before he warned, “I would advise you not to show any other teachers”, reported by Ahmed.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, Ahmed has accepted Obama’s invitation to come to The White House (wearing a kickass NASA t-shirt).

“America’s best teachers in our schools, in our best schools, at least, nurture the intellectual curiosity … it is clear a few of Ahmed’s teachers failed him”.

The boy was placed in handcuffs, and his family says he was suspended from school.

Irving police knew right away that MacArthur High School freshman Ahmed Mohamed, 14, did not have a bomb.

Ahmed was later walked out of school in handcuffs and hauled off to juvenile detention. “I’m very proud of him”, he said about Ahmed, adding that his son has fixed everything from his auto to his cell phone.

“I can never look at the world in the same way”, the teenager who is now suspended from school told The Independent. However, while he was attending his English class, the alarm on the homemade clock beeped and thus, got noticed by the instructor, who insisted that it was a bomb and took the clock even with the boy’s explanation.

Boyd said police have an “outstanding relationship” with the Muslim community in Irving and that he would meet the boy’s father Wednesday to address any concerns. Police spokesman James McLellan said Mohamed’s religion had nothing to do with their response.

“This all raises a red flag for us: how Irving’s government entities are operating in the current climate”, said Alia Salem, executive director of the council’s North Texas chapter.

Ahmed Mohamed was promptly taken to the principal’s office and grilled by police officers who wanted to determine whether he was trying to make a bomb.