Microsoft sends gifts to Muslim student who was arrested

After US President Barack Obama and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg came in support of Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year old Muslim boy who was arrested for taking a clock to school, Microsoft has showered him with some tech goodies.

The tech giant has now showed their support by gifting Ahmed range of gadgets that include a Surface Pro 3, a Microsoft Band and a 3-D printer.

Alia Salem, the executive director of the Dallas Council on American-Islamic Relations, tweeted about it along with the picture of Ahmed next to these gifts.

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Ahmad 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.

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He brought the device to school hoping to impress some teachers, but the first one who saw the clock immediately told him "not to show any other teachers."

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

After the news of Ahmad’s arrest broke out and it was clear that clock was not a bomb the social media came in support of the prodigy.

#IStandWithAhmed started to trend on social networks as people from different religions showed their support for the boy.