DALLAS—The family of a 14-year-old Muslim student who got in trouble over a homemade clock mistaken for a possible bomb withdrew the boy Monday from his suburban Dallas high school.
Ahmed Mohamed’s father, Mohamed El-Hassan Mohamed, said he has pulled all of his children from their Irving Independent School District schools. Mohamed said the family is still deciding where to send the children to school.
Ahmed has said he brought the clock he made to MacArthur High School in Irving last week to show a teacher. Officials say he was arrested after another teacher saw it and became concerned. Ahmed wasn’t charged, but he was suspended from school for three days.
“Ahmed said, ‘I don’t want to go to MacArthur,’” Ahmed’s father told The Dallas Morning News. “These kids aren’t going to be happy there.”
News of the arrest sparked an outpouring of support for Ahmed, including from President Barack Obama.
The turmoil surrounding Ahmed’s case has had a harmful effect on the teen, Mohamed said, adding that his son has lost his appetite and is not sleeping well.
“It’s torn the family and makes us very confused,” Mohamed said.
Numerous schools have offered to enrol Ahmed, his father said. But Mohamed said he wants to give his son a breather before making a decision. He said his entire family plans to fly to New York on Wednesday, where United Nations dignitaries want to meet his son. Then, if the appropriate visas can be obtained, Mohamed wants to take his son on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
“I ask Allah to bless this time. After that, we’ll see,” Mohamed said.
When they return, a visit to the White House and a meeting with Obama is in the works, he said.
On Monday, the teen captured all the attention at the Google Science Fair on Google’s campus in Mountain View, Calif., where young scientists showed off projects.
Mohamed visited the booths of finalists whose faces lit up when they recognized him. He also mingled with local students visiting the science fair being held. Exclaimed one student from Oakland, Calif.: “We learned about you in school!”
Mohamed even got to meet Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
Google puts on the science fair each year with the goal of inspiring scientific curiosity and exploration among young people. The theme this year: “It’s your turn to change the world.”
“It’s imperative for us to support and encourage our young people to explore and challenge the world around them through scientific discovery. Which is why we’re especially glad that Ahmed Mohamed ... took us up on our invite to attend this year’s event,” said Mariette DiChristina, editor in chief of Scientific American and chief judge of the Google Science Fair, said in a blog post. “Curious young scientists, inventors and builders like him should be encouraged and empowered.”
Google wrote on Twitter: “Hey Ahmed- we’re saving a seat for you at this weekend’s Google Science Fair...want to come? Bring your clock!”
News of police response to a boy's digital clock in Texas last week has inspired a global  in support of the youth. , a 14-year-old boy from , Texas, was arrested at his school by police after he brought a digital clock he had made to school. After news of the police response was reported, Mohamed received support online ranging from US President Barack Obama to Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg. Yesterday Mohamed received  attention at Google headquarters in California at the Google Science Fair — and tommorow he plans to meet international dignitaries at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

US President Barack Obama tweet to student 
Mohamed brought the digital clock he made to school on September 14, and a teacher mistakenly thought it resembled a bomb. Police arrested and questioned the student. Images of the boy wearing a  T-shirt and handcuffed by the police were quickly posted and reposted online.

The '''' observed that the hashtag on Twitter, #IStandWithAhmed, had become an international phenomenon. '''' noted what began as individual messages to Mohamed had grown into a "support movement". American academic and professor  commented, "Hoping that the #istandwithahmed movement translates into a substantive national conversation on race, punishment, and incarceration."

The Twitter attention led to outreach from Google and Mohamed was invited to their Google Science Fair. Mohamed was a VIP guest at the Google Science Fair this weekend, and was able to meet finalists at the event held at Google's headquarters located in , . Co-founder of Google, , personally met with Mohamed during his visit to Google.

On Wednesday, Mohamed and his father are to travel to the . His father  said he was taking his entire family to the U.N. headquarters in New York, because international dignitaries wanted to meet with his son and express their support.

Psychology major at  Amneh Jafari heard of the incident and wanted to issue her support to Mohamed. She chose the hastag #IStandWithAhmed and posted to Twitter. Jafari said she felt Mohamed had been subject to  and her hashtag created greater awareness about this issue. The hashtag took on a life of its own, and was used in messages on Twitter over one million times by Thursday night.

NASA tweeted support of Ahmed Mohamed via its account 
US President Barack Obama tweeted using his @POTUS account: "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."

Twitter gave Mohamed the option to come to their company for an internship. Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg tweeted to Mohamed and said the boy was welcome to come and tour the company.

Executive director of the Dallas chapter of the  Alia Salem said Mohamed wishes to use his newfound fame and attention to spotlight social causes including the treatment of Muslims in the United States.

 Muslim Student Association president Sehar Memon said the large amount of positive feedback for Mohamed had helped make his situation much better. Memon also said she believed the social movement in reaction to Mohamed helped improve Muslim/non-Muslim.

Both the Irving Independent School District and the Irving Police Department have asserted that the boy's religion and name were not a factor in the manner in which they approached the situation.