The founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg wants to meet the boy, 14-year Ahmad who built a clock and was arrested in American state of Texas when he took it to school. Mark said," having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmad." Mark added Ahmad! If you ever want to come by Facebook, I would like to meet you. On other hand US president Obama invited Muslim student Ahmad who built a clock, to White house. Obama congratulated Ahmad on his skills and issued a presidential invitation, in what amounts to a pointed rebuke to school and police officials who precipitated his arrest. Cool clock Ahmad. want to bring it to White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It is what makes America great," Obama tweeted. The teen was led out of his Texas school after a teacher mistook his homemade digital clock for a bomb, prompting accusations of Islamophobia and an online backlash. A photo of Ahmad standing in handcuffs while wearing a t-shirt with the US space agency NASA's logo was Retweeted thousand of times in a matter of hours and |#I StandWithAhmad" was the top trending hashtag on Twitter. Among those voicing support for the boy was Hillary Clinton who Tweeted " Assumptions and fear do not keep us safe- they hold us back. Ahmad, stay curios and keep building."
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