Chairman of facebook tells muslim student to 'Keep inventing'

yinka ogunlami

September 17, 2015 1:08 PM

Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed."

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook co-founder and CEO comments on the the 14-year-old Muslim student who was arrested for bringing a clock to school.

Read: Muslim student arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school

Ahmed Mohamed, Muslim and a ninth grade student of MacArthur High School in Irving Texas was arrested and sent to juvenile detention on Monday for bringing and homemade clock to school.

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.

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."

Mark in his facebook post said;

"You’ve probably seen the story about Ahmed, the 14 year old student in Texas who built a clock and was arrested when he took it to school.

Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed.

Ahmed, if you ever want to come by Facebook, I'd love to meet you. Keep building."

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