[h=1]Clock boy Ahmed Mohamed returns to Texas for the summer after 'learning about Islam' in the Middle East and visiting Mecca following his infamous brush with the law nine months ago[/h]
PUBLISHED: 14:45, 1 July 2016 | UPDATED: 19:01, 1 July 2016
A 14-year-old Muslim boy who was arrested after teachers mistook a clock he made for a bomb has returned to the US with a deeper knowledge of his religion and a desire to change the world.
Ahmed Mohamed has returned home to Texas for the summer after his brush with the law at Irving MacArthur High School led his family to move to Qatar.
During his eight months in the Middle East, Mohamed said he visited the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia with his family and enjoyed learning more about Islam at school, where the religion is embedded in the curriculum.
The teen, who has an invitation to work as an intern at Twitter this summer, hopes to attend MIT and utilize his knack for inventing to help those in need.
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- The boy, 14, arrived in Dallas on Monday after about eight months in Qatar
- His family moved to Middle East after he was arrested in Irving, Texas
- Teachers mistook his homemade digital clock for a bomb, and his parents thought he was mistreated because he is a Muslim
- Teen said he appreciated learning about Islam and Quran in new school
- But he misses diversity in US and wants to major in physics, engineering
- He has invitations to tour Facebook, Twitter, NASA and MIT during his trip
PUBLISHED: 14:45, 1 July 2016 | UPDATED: 19:01, 1 July 2016
A 14-year-old Muslim boy who was arrested after teachers mistook a clock he made for a bomb has returned to the US with a deeper knowledge of his religion and a desire to change the world.
Ahmed Mohamed has returned home to Texas for the summer after his brush with the law at Irving MacArthur High School led his family to move to Qatar.
During his eight months in the Middle East, Mohamed said he visited the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia with his family and enjoyed learning more about Islam at school, where the religion is embedded in the curriculum.
The teen, who has an invitation to work as an intern at Twitter this summer, hopes to attend MIT and utilize his knack for inventing to help those in need.
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