President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Arne Duncan, and many others rally around the Muslim teen [View all]

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who was arrested in Dallas for bringing a homemade clock to school.

And Ahmed got an invitation to the White House.

Update: many people in the comments point out that the school obviously wasn't afraid, since no one called the bomb squad. So why did they parade this boy through the school in handcuffs?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ahmed-mohamed-supporters_55f9879be4b0d6492d63be95

Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old high school student in Texas who was arrested Monday after he brought a homemade clock to school, has gained a whole lot of admirers since then -- including a former secretary of state, a rocket scientist and even President Barack Obama himself.

On Wednesday, Obama shouted out to the young inventor on Twitter, inviting him to stop by the White House with his "cool clock."

The support didn't end there. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton weighed in on the incident -- in which critics say Islamophobia played a major role -- telling Mohamed to "stay curious and keep building." And U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said on Twitter that we need to encourage young engineers, not arrest them and suspend them from school.

SNIP

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/09/16/hillary-clinton-tweets-support-ahmed-mohamed/32497949/

#IStandWithAhmed takes Twitter by storm

Hillary Clinton tweeted, "Assumptions and fear don't keep us safe- they hold us back."

Other politicians, including Rep. Keith Ellison, offered support.