The arrest of a Muslim high school student in the US over a ‘hoax bomb’ has sparked outrage not only amongst the Muslim community but amongst individuals coming from various different religious and cultural backgrounds.
Social media has been flooded with posts supporting the trending hashtag #IAmWithAhmed
#IStandWithAhmed because scientific curiosity should never be curtailed by racism http://t.co/ScMuChb4Vu pic.twitter.com/iMurMfH8U1
— Lucky Tran (@luckytran) September 16, 2015
I made a similar thing in my Electronics class in high school. Didn't get arrested. #IStandWithAhmed @IStandWithAhmed pic.twitter.com/JVyPBUtdz4
— Ron Baalke (@RonBaalke) September 16, 2015
Let's celebrate his creativity! He is the future. #IStandWithAhmed https://t.co/eFsuHDn3Td
— Nancy Sathre-Vogel (@familyonbikes) September 16, 2015
The look on that poor kid's face as he was cuffed. #IStandWithAhmed
— Mara Wilson (@MaraWritesStuff) September 16, 2015
Some individuals went on to highlight the issue of racism with comparisons…
Both of these photos were taken in Texas. Let that sink in for a moment. #IStandWithAhmed pic.twitter.com/NQCZ9rW2lw
— Muhammad ShehrOze ツ (@Shehr0ze) September 16, 2015
White kids walk in public with weapons, brown kids are arrested for building clocks. #IStandWithAhmed pic.twitter.com/AmfwkqtvQ0
— Indian Stats (@Indian_stats) September 16, 2015
building a clock vs murdering 9 people yet the kid on the left is the terrorist bc he isn't white #IStandWithAhmed pic.twitter.com/61VkWVKUIf
— Theo James (@deathspool) September 16, 2015
Disgusting how a kid gets accused of 'terrorism' for making a clock but you see some kids like this #IStandWithAhmed pic.twitter.com/GyHlounDJh
— Nadia (@LOMBARDIGNITY) September 16, 2015
Pakistani celebrities and journalists too were seen to be an active part of this trending hashtag…
Logic of school teachers calling cops to arrest 14 yr old:"If a Muslim can make a clock,he could easily make a TIME bomb" #IStandWithAhmed
— salman ahmad (@sufisal) September 16, 2015
Disgusting. https://t.co/e4HY8cQ6io
— Marvi Sirmed (@marvisirmed) September 16, 2015
Don't say a Muslim boy arrested for bringing homemade clock to school, say an American boy arrested for bringing homemade clock to school.
— Ali Salman Alvi (@alisalmanalvi) September 16, 2015
Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old ninth grader at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school that police officers said resembled a "hoax bomb".
