Islamophobia on the rise in the U.S., but some still reject it
By now, most of us have heard or read about Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old ninth-grade student at MacArthur High School in Irving who built a digital clock inside a briefcase and brought it to school to impress his fellow students and teachers.
Instead of being commended, Ahmed was handcuffed and taken to a detention center, where he was fingerprinted and had his mugshot taken because the teacher thought the clock looked like a bomb.
No charges were filed, Ahmed was released and the police considered the case closed.
Then, unfortunately, Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne and even the Republican Party took full advantage of this incident and brought unrelated subjects like Sharia law and Muslim terrorism into it, stating that Muslim leaders are not doing enough to criticize terrorists.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/other-voices/article38138232.html#storylink=cpy
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