Ahmed Mohamed loves robotics and inventing, but when he brought a clock he made to his Texas school, he was arrested. Critics blame Islamophobia. read more
I think him being arrested was mission accomplished, at least for his father. This is Ahmed's father in a 2011 interview, trying, poorly, to defend the excesses of Islam: Someone as politically aware as his father must understand how the "Rosa Parks effect" works: political martyrdom. read more
When 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was arrested and suspended from school last year for showing his teacher a homemade clock, which officials called a “hoax bomb,” he instantly became a leading voice in the national debate around school discipline. read more