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MISTAKE: Ahmed Mohamed's homemade clock was mistaken for a bomb

THE FAMILY of a Muslim teenager who was arrested after a homemade clock he brought in to show his teacher was mistaken for a bomb, has withdrawn him from the school.

Ahmed Mohamed's father, Mohamed El-Hassan Mohamed, said he had pulled all his children from schools in the area.

According to Mohamed the arrest had a harmful effect on the teen.

Ahmed's arrest has been sharply criticised and the charges against him were quickly dropped.

Ahmed was arrested at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, after a teacher thought the device he brought to school was a "hoax bomb".

"Ahmed said 'I don't want to go to MacArthur,'" Mohamed told The Dallas Morning News. "These kids aren't going to be happy there."

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Ahmed has received numerous enrolment offers from schools, his father said, adding that he wanted to give him a break before making a decision, the BBC reported.

The entire family is set to fly to New York tomorrow (Sept 23) where United Nations dignitaries want to meet the youngster.

After that, Mohamed hopes to take his son on a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

"I ask Allah to bless this time. After that, we'll see,'' Mohamed said.

When they return, they plan to visit the White House to meet US President Barack Obama, he said.

Ahmed announced his plans to transfer schools at a news conference last week, where he said it was "very sad" that his teacher thought his clock was a threat.

At the press conference outside his home, after his story swept across the internet and drew messages of support from tech companies and the president of the United States, Ahmed told reporters: “I built the clock to impress my teacher, but when I showed it to her she thought it was a threat to her. It was really sad that she took a wrong impression of it.”

Ahmed Mohamed, an engineering enthusiast, brought the clock to school in to show one of his teachers his handy work.

Hours later, he was handcuffed and arrested by school resource officers as part of “standard procedure” after being summoned to a school office to explain the device.