US 'clock boy' Ahmed Mohamed moving to Qatar with family
Ahmed Mohamed, the American Muslim boy from Texas who was arrested by police after his teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb, will move to Qatar with his family to continue his education.
Mohamed, 14, has accepted a scholarship from the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, his family said in a news release Tuesday.
“After careful consideration of all the generous offers received, we would like to announce that we have accepted a kind offer from Qatar Foundation for Education,” the statement said.
The family thanked all the people and organizations that expressed their support after the "unfortunate incident of Ahmed's arrest."
On Monday, the “clock boy” met with US President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington. After his detention, Obama invited him to bring his clock to the White House.
In addition to being invited to the White House, Mohamed received an outpouring of support from scientists, politicians and celebrities including Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Mohamed, who is the son of Muslim immigrants from Sudan, was arrested on September 14 after his clock was inexplicably mistaken for a bomb by a teacher at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas. He was suspended for three days, though not charged.
His arrest highlights how minorities and Muslims suffer from racism and Islamaphobia in America, observers say.
Anthony Bond, a close family friend and the founder of the Irving, Texas, chapter of the NAACP, an African-American civil rights organization, said a number of conspiracy theories have appeared on the Internet about Mohamed’s arrest.
Bond said the conspiracies are why Ahmed doesn’t want to go to school in America.
“Everybody’s vilifying him, and he’s not a villain. He’s a 14 year old boy,” Bond said. “The whole world was concerned about this, and it’s impossible that anyone could have expected this international reaction.”
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