‘Clock Boy’ Meets With Dictator Wanted For Genocide

Ahmed Mohamed, the boy who made headlines when he was suspended for bringing a homemade clock that some construed as a fake bomb to school, met and posed with Sudanese dictator and tyrant, Omar al-Bashir.

Controversy surrounded Mohamed’s suspension, as some charged the faculty, local police, and media with racism. Other’s felt Mohamed’s clock was reasonably suspicious, and some believed it was a hoax bomb.

Now the boy is in Sudan, where his father is from, taking pictures with a dictator who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for Genocide in Darfur.

BBC reports:

Ahmed Mohamed and his family were received at a presidential compound in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Wednesday, according to state-run radio.

The Texan teenager was pulled out of class and handcuffed because a teacher mistook his clock for a bomb.

His arrest was sharply criticised and the police declined to file charges.

The boy’s father, Mohamed Hassan al-Sufi, is a Sudanese immigrant to the US and a former presidential candidate who ran against Mr Bashir.

The Sudan leader is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Darfur, which he denies.

Ahmed said he was pleased to meet the president and vowed to return one day with a new invention, according to the radio broadcast.

He has also been invited to the White House by US President Barack Obama, who tweeted his support after the incident.

Nasa scientists and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also praised the boy’s initiative.

The police rejected a suggestion by Ahmed’s family that he was detained because he was Muslim.

Regardless of what happened at Mohamed’s school, it is safe to say that this is not the best public relations move for him.