Muslim Teen Arrested For Clock Moves To Qatar With Family

Irving, Texas student Ahmed Mohamed (C) poses with family members during the second White House Astronomy Night attended by students, teachers, scientists, astronauts and others in the South Lawn of the White House i... Irving, Texas student Ahmed Mohamed (C) poses with family members during the second White House Astronomy Night attended by students, teachers, scientists, astronauts and others in the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on october 19, 2015. Mohamed was arrested for bringing a homemade clock earlier this month. Photo by Aude Guerrucci/Pool/Sipa USA MORE LESS
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Ahmed Mohamed, the Muslim teen who police arrested because they thought his homemade clock was a bomb, and his family are moving to Qatar, The Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday.

A foundation has reportedly offered to pay for Mohamed’s high school and college in Doha, Qatar, where his siblings will also find schools to attend, according to the report.

Mohamed visited Qatar following his arrest at his high school in a suburb of Texas last month, according to the report. On Monday, he accepted President Obama’s invitation to attend the White House’s astronomy night.

Ahmed’s sister, Eyman, said that the family would be in the United States for a “few days,” according to the publication.

His father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, was quoted by the publication as saying that the family was moving to a place, “where my kids can study and learn and all of them being accepted by that country.”

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  1. Oh, boy. Is this ever going to be claimed as victory by some dolts. I’m looking at you, Huck. No wait, that was Palin. I sometimes get my dolts mixed up.

  2. Religious Freedom, the American Way.

  3. Guessing the rightwing talking point: “They needed to be debriefed by their handlers.”

  4. Huckabee: I stand by Ahmed for the religious persecution he has suffered in Obama’s Ameica.

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