US President invites Muslim student over to 'White House'

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September 17, 2015 3:50 PM

Ahmed Mohamed, the Muslim student from Texas who was arrested and sent to juvenile detention for bringing a clock to school, is sure going places.

The Muslim student from Texas who was arrested and sent to juvenile detention for bringing a clock to school is sure going places.

President Barack Obama commended the efforts of the 14 year old Muslim student via his twitter handle, and also invited him to the 'White House'.

"Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great," Obama said.

See the tweet below:

AhmedMohamed, who is an award-winning robotics inventor and tinkerer, said he decided to link a circuit board, power supply and a digital clock display together inside a pencil case for his invention.

He was arrested after the teacher he showed his digital clock thought the invention looked similar to a bomb.

Read:Muslim student arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school

Earlier Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook co-founder and CEO comments that skills like that should be applauded not condemned, because the future belongs to people like Ahmed.

Read: Chairman of Facebook tells Muslim student to 'Keep inventing'

Mark also invited Ahmed to Facebook

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