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Washington – The Muslim teenager who was detained when his teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb visited the White House on Monday, after a receiving a very public invite from President Barack Obama.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ahmed Mohamed joined a group of students, teachers, scientists, astronauts and celebrities – including the “Myth Busters” and Bill Nye – for White House Astronomy Night.<\/p>\n

Mohamed had hoped to impress teachers by bringing a clock to his Texas school earlier this year, but was instead reported by suspicious staff who called the police.<\/p>\n

A photo of Mohamed standing in handcuffs while wearing a t-shirt with the US space agency NASA’s logo was retweeted thousands of times in a matter of hours and “#IStandWithAhmed” became the top trending hashtag on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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Mohamed did, however, impress Obama, who congratulated the teen on his skills, in what was seen as a pointed rebuke to school and police officials amid accusations of Islamophobia.<\/p>\n

“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 tweeted.<\/p>\n

During remarks at Monday’s event, Obama did not mention Mohamed by name, but spoke about the need for teachers, parents and others to inspire young people.<\/p>\n

“We have to watch for and cultivate, encourage, those glimmers of curiosity and possibility, not suppress them, not squelch them,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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