14 Year Old Muslim Boy Arrested For Bringing Bomb To School The media has erupted with the story of the Texas high school freshman that was arrested after his teachers said that a homemade clock he brought to school looked like a bomb. Of course, the media is saying that 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was discriminated against, though authorities are considering the case closed. Theres no evidence to support the perception he intended to create alarm, Irving police Chief Larry Boyd told reporters. Following the event, social media broke up in support for Ahmed, using the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed. The story being told throughout the web was one of Islamaphobia. Even Obama chimed in, tweeting: Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. Its what makes America great. Authorities, of course, maintain that their reaction to the incident would have been the same regardless of the race of the student at hand. Thats a very suspicious device, Boyd continued. We live in an age where you cant take things like that to a school. Mohamed built the clock using a pencil case, a circuit board, and a power supply wired to a digital display. He brought the device to school to show his engineering teacher at the beginning of the week. He was like, Thats really nice, Mohamed told the paper. I would advise you not to show any other teachers. Later in the day, Mohameds English teacher reacted to the device when it started beeping the middle of a lesson. When he showed his teacher the rigged device, she said it looked like a bomb. Mohamed was quickly pulled out of class and questioned by the school principal and six police officers. The concern was, what was this thing built for? police spokesman James McLellan told reporters. Do we take him into Custody? Throughout interrogations, Mohamed maintained that the device was simply for telling time. Obama has called the incident a teachable moment. What do you think? 