US President Barack Obama has issued a
White House invitation to a Muslim schoolboy who was arrested for
bringing a homemade clock to school.
Ninth-grade high school student Ahmed
Mohamed from Irving, Texas, was arrested on Monday after his teachers
reported him to the police for making a clock, which they said resembled
a bomb.
The arrest prompted outrage on social
media with thousands expressing their anger at authorities for arresting
a 14-year-old boy over his school project.
Social
media users rallied behind the teen using the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed,
which has picked up more than 500,000 mentions on Twitter so far,
according to analytics site Topsy, and continues to rise rapidly.
The story also ranked highest on the user-generated curation website, Reddit.
Police have said they will not charge
Mohamed but he told reporters on Wednesday that he remains suspended
from school until Thursday.
source: ajazeera
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