11/24/2015 / By Chris Draper
Ahmed Mohamed, otherwise known as the world’s most famous clock maker, and his family are suing the city of Irving for $10 million and Irving ISD for $5 million. The city and district were each sent a letter Monday, demanding money and an apology from the two entities, or else a lawsuit would be filed.[1]
The family wants compensation for damages Ahmed and his relatives suffered after the teen was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school, which authorities mistook for a bomb. The story went viral on social media after a nudge from the Islamic activist group CAIR and a tweet from President Obama, claiming the incident reeked of Islamophobia.[2]
The whole debacle made Ahmed a bull’s eye for anti-Muslim conspiracy theories and forced the family to flee the country out of fear for their safety, claims the family’s lawyer. Since the incident, Ahmed has been heralded as a poster child for Islamophobia and a “genius inventor” by the mainstream media. He was even invited to the Facebook HQ by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Science Fair.
All of these have the undertones of liberal hysteria and hypersensitivity. Mohamed most certainly seems like a bright kid, but praising him as a “genius inventor” is a hyperbole at best and a falsehood at worse. As the comedian Bill Mauher noted, Mohamed didn’t invent anything. He removed the interior of a clock radio and placed it inside a pencil box, which made the device look like a bomb. “This is like pouring milk on a bowl of Cheerios and claiming you invented cereal,” noted Mauher.[2]
More importantly, while the school’s decision to arrest Mohamed was questionable, the district was right in thinking the device could be a bomb, especially in an age when school shootings have unfortunately become quite common. Everyday, we are warned about terrorist threats, but when it comes to protecting school children, it’s labeled as “Islamophobia.”
When questioned about the device, WFAA reports that Mohamed seemed passive-aggressive and wouldn’t give clear answers as to why he brought the clock to school. “We attempted to question the juvenile about what it was and he would simply only say it was a clock. He didn’t offer any explanation as to what it was for, why he created this device, why he brought it to school,” said James McLellan of the Irving Police Department.[3]
To make matters worse, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, the father of Ahmed Mohamed, has a history of promoting anti-Islamic propaganda. He has written, “The events of September 11th were planned precisely to launch the war on Iraq, and 50% of the American people are becoming aware of that.” In addition, he participated in a debate “Does Islam respect human rights?” against a famous “Islamophobe” in an effort to make a name for himself.[4]
In other words, Elhassan has been fighting against Islamophobia for a considerable amount of time and seized on his son’s situation in order to promote his own agenda. He even went so far as to state that “My kid was hurt and was tortured and arrested and mistreated in front of his friends inside of the school.”[5]
“If you see something, say something” is now a form of racism. The school’s cautionary principles be damned; Ahmed Mohamed is now adulated as a genius inventor by liberal apologists.
The morale of the tale? If you see a Muslim with a suspicious object, don’t speak too loudly. You might be labeled a racist and fined $15 million. The letter gives the city and district 60 days to pay or else face a lawsuit. Neither the city nor district have provided an immediate comment on the letter.[1]
Sources include:
[1] Fox7Austin.com
[2] BreitBart.com
[3] Breitbart.com
[4] Breitbart.com
[5] TheGuardian.com
Tagged Under: Ahmed Mohamed, anti-Islam propaganda, Elhassan Mohamed, Irving, Islamophobia
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