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Clock and Bull Story (Clock boy - a classic case of stealth jihad)
Crisis Magazine ^ | October 26, 2015 | WILLIAM KILPATRICK

Posted on 10/26/2015 11:42:58 AM PDT by NYer

ahmed mohamed clock boy

You’ve no doubt heard about the “clock boy”—the 14-year-old Muslim student who brought a self-made clock to school to show to his teachers and was then detained by police on the suspicion that the clock might be a bomb.

The media pounced on the story as a classic case of Islamophobia, the president complimented Ahmed Mohamed on his “cool clock” and invited him to the White House, and just about everyone agreed that the young bespectacled clock maker was a boy genius. Offers of scholarship money poured in from giant social media companies, and the Cambridge Public Library, which might have been expected to show more prudence (it stands next to Cambridge Rindge and Latin—the school attended by the Boston Marathon bombers) hosted a “Stand with Ahmed and Build Your Own Clock Day.”

And then the clock narrative began to unwind. It turns out that Ahmed didn’t make the clock, but had merely taken out the innards of a Radio Shack digital clock and installed it in a cigar box. What’s more, it appears that the boy was not as innocent as portrayed. The first teacher he showed it to told him to put it in his locker and not show it around. Nevertheless, Ahmed continued to show it around until he found a teacher who reacted with the apparently desired response.

When the Irving, Texas police showed up, they found the boy to be uncooperative, and, seeing that a few months previously, two jihadists had attempted to machine-gun an art exhibition in nearby Garland, they thought it prudent to detain Ahmed until they were sure of the situation.

The case that the teen was deliberately trying to provoke a confrontation was strengthened as more was learned about his family. His older sister, Eyman, was once suspended from her school for threatening to blow it up. His uncle runs a trucking company called Twin Towers Transportation. And his father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, is a publicity hungry activist who calls himself a sheik, wears flowing white robes, and is a 9/11 Truther. The elder Mohamed routinely returns to Sudan to run as a presidential candidate, and he once debated Pastor Terry Jones of Koran-burning fame.

In one of his posts (in Arabic), Ahmed’s father rails against Islamophobia and says that “Muslims … must exploit every opportunity to reveal the truth of Islam.” He has certainly done that. With the help of his lawyers, publicists from CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations), and considerable assist from the media, Mr. Mohamed has parlayed the incident into a whirlwind global publicity campaign. In recent months this has included an appearance for his son on the Dr. Oz show, a photo-op with the Queen of Jordan at the UN, and a world tour for the family. The tour took the family to Mecca and to meetings with various world leaders, including the genocidal president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir. To top it all off, the media’s favorite all-American family then decided to relocate to Qatar in response to an offer from the Qatar Foundation for Ahmed to study at its Young Innovators Program.

“Muslims … must exploit every opportunity to reveal the truth of Islam”? In retrospect it looks like Mr. Mohamed not only “exploits” opportunities, but also does his best to create them. The whole incident seems to be a pre-planned family plot intended to reinforce the Islamophobia narrative and gain some publicity for the family in the bargain.

Instead of a classic case of Islamophobia, the clock boy affair might better be seen as a classic case of stealth jihad. It’s reminiscent of the “flying imams” incident several years back in which a group of six imams praying loudly in Arabic and otherwise behaving in unusual ways scared the daylights out of fellow passengers on a flight to Phoenix. After being ejected from the plane prior to take off, the imams turned around and sued not only the airline and the police, but also passengers who had reported their suspicious behavior to the flight crew. Eventually U.S. Airways and the imams settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. Fearful that the incident would have a chilling effect on airport security, Congress passed a law to give immunity to citizens who report suspicious behavior.

Will the Ahmed affair have a similar chilling effect? Will teachers be more likely to look the other way when Muslim students act suspiciously? We are continually reminded that if we see something we should say something. But what if the penalty for seeing and saying is to be held up for ridicule by everyone from the press to the president? By instantly granting celebrity status to the Muslim community’s young Tom Edison, the social elites were implying that the teachers and police back in Irving were just paranoid rednecks. In fact, Ahmed himself said something to that effect. In an interview with Al-Jazeera, he stated that he was detained “because I’m a Muslim.” “There is a lot of stereotypes [sic] for people who are foreigners and [when] they have Muslim names … no, this would not have happened to any of my classmates.”

As a reward for his battle against Islamophobia, CAIR presented Ahmed with the American Muslim of the Year Award at its 21st annual “Champions for Justice” banquet. By sheer coincidence, the ubiquitous CAIR was the group that provided legal counsel for the flying imams in their successful action against U.S. Airways. CAIR, which bills itself as a civil rights group, is considered by some to be the premier stealth jihad organization in the U.S. It has close ties with the Muslim Brotherhood, and in a 2008 court decision it was designated as an unindicted co-conspirator in a large-scale terrorist funding operation. And, although CAIR is considered by the U.S. government to be a model of moderation, the government of the United Arab Emirates includes it on its list of worldwide terrorist organizations.

But, to employ the obvious pun, who cares about all that when CAIR features photogenic “Champions of Justice” at its annual banquet and when the media treats it as though it were a branch of the Red Cross? The most disturbing aspect of the clock boy affair is not its apparently duplicitous nature, but the willingness of establishment institutions to sign up for the campaign against Islamophobia.

It’s to be expected that CAIR will put a happy face on all things Islamic. As the Geico commercial says, “that’s what they do.” But why the social and political elites continued to lend a hand even after the clock story had unwound is harder to fathom. What they are celebrating is a process by which Americans are made to feel ashamed for raising security concerns.

That was an understandable reaction fourteen years ago. Mark Steyn reminds us of an incident that occurred at the check-in-desk of U.S. Airways in Portland on the morning of September 11, 2001. Ticket agent Michael Tuohey relates the encounter:

I got an instant chill when I looked at [Mohammed Atta]. I got this grip in my stomach and then, of course, I gave myself a political correct slap … I thought, “My God, Michael, these are just a couple of Arab businessmen.”

9/11 woke up America, but since then many Americans have fallen into a semi-comatose state, knocked slap-happy by repeated politically correct blows to the head. Thanks in part to the PR work of groups like CAIR and their boosters in media and government, a sizable number of citizens have gone back to sleep. The digital clock that Ahmed Mohamed brought to school was fully intact except for its casing. The clock-and-bull story manufactured by the social elites is also carefully put together—except for one detail. Someone removed the alarm.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cair; clockboy; clockmed; islamophobia; jihad; muslims; profiling; stealthjihad
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William Kilpatrick taught for many years at Boston College. He is the author of several books about cultural and religious issues, including Psychological Seduction; Why Johnny Can’t Tell Right From Wrong; and Christianity, Islam and Atheism: The Struggle for the Soul of the West. His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Catholic World Report, National Catholic Register, Aleteia, Saint Austin Review, Investor’s Business Daily, and First Things. His work is supported in part by the Shillman Foundation. For more on his work and writings, visit his website, turningpointproject.com
1 posted on 10/26/2015 11:42:58 AM PDT by NYer
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To: NYer

I think anyone who read the details of this story knew it was a scam right from the start.

All those liberals and the media are just part of the scam.


2 posted on 10/26/2015 11:51:58 AM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: NYer; Old Sarge; null and void; Velveeta; Myrddin; Califreak; Salvation; WildHighlander57; Gefn; ...
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3 posted on 10/26/2015 11:52:01 AM PDT by LucyT
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To: yarddog
I think anyone who read the details of this story knew it was a scam right from the start.

That has to include Obama, who must have known but didn't care. Any opportunity he can, he boosts Muslims and tries to tilt the balance in their favor by agreeing that they are misunderstood and persecuted.

4 posted on 10/26/2015 11:55:59 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: yarddog

America has become a country very easily scammed, especially by the muzzies. The entire nation is waiting, with puckered lips, how often they can kiss muzzie ass.


5 posted on 10/26/2015 11:56:38 AM PDT by 353FMG
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bkmk


6 posted on 10/26/2015 11:59:37 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: NYer

“self-made clock”

Stopped reading right there.


7 posted on 10/26/2015 12:00:35 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: NYer
His older sister, Eyman, was once suspended from her school for threatening to blow it up. His uncle runs a trucking company called Twin Towers Transportation. And his father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, is a publicity hungry activist who calls himself a sheik, wears flowing white robes, and is a 9/11 Truther.

Something I had no idea about which shows once again how on top of things our media is.

8 posted on 10/26/2015 12:00:36 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 20 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: yarddog

The little “bomb” boy intentionally brought an item which would look like a bomb to create a narrative-—float the agenda of poor little muslims in mean, ugly, fascist, Chrisitan USA. He should be punished and vilified (in a true, “justice” system). Instead-—he is glorified (which is unconstitutional to have any system which glorifies evil behaviors which destroy civil society).

And our evil, vile (un) Justice System gets to make judges and lawyers filthy wealthy by suing “schools” and stealing taxpayer money. and creating false “victims”, so they can steal billions of dollars for group politics (promoting Marxism).

We need a revolution, I am afraid, and put a number of “justices” in prison for treason and we need to literally destroy the “education” (indoctrination) system which pukes out non-thinking idiots.


9 posted on 10/26/2015 12:11:09 PM PDT by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
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To: SaveFerris

what is bkmk?


10 posted on 10/26/2015 12:11:53 PM PDT by RWGinger
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To: RWGinger

bookmark


11 posted on 10/26/2015 12:12:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: 353FMG

12 posted on 10/26/2015 12:16:35 PM PDT by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Dalberg-Acton

go back and read it... you clearly mistook what it was talking about.


13 posted on 10/26/2015 12:21:00 PM PDT by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: NYer

There was another kid from Florida that also got into trouble bringing a “volcano” to school. Obama had her visit the Whitehut along with other aggrieved “geniuses” like Clockmed. But this girl’s actions were from 2 years ago. She looks like owebama daughters with a lip ring.


14 posted on 10/26/2015 12:22:39 PM PDT by subterfuge (TED CRUZ FOR POTUS! TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!)
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To: NYer

There should be an hour long news special about the ways the media propagandized by utilizing this false story.


15 posted on 10/26/2015 12:22:45 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The Democrat debate was audtiton to see who would wear the American jackboot. Ted Cruz)
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To: RWGinger
"what is bkmk?"

it replaces the old BTTT, and is much more fashionable.

all the cool kids are using it.

16 posted on 10/26/2015 12:23:03 PM PDT by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: savagesusie
brought an item which would look like a bomb

Look like???

It WAS half a bomb! Minus the explosives!

17 posted on 10/26/2015 12:23:07 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
this is the money shot:

"It’s to be expected that CAIR will put a happy face on all things Islamic. As the Geico commercial says, “that’s what they do.” But why the social and political elites continued to lend a hand even after the clock story had unwound is harder to fathom. What they are celebrating is a process by which Americans are made to feel ashamed for raising security concerns."

18 posted on 10/26/2015 12:24:07 PM PDT by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: NYer

“That’s a clock, and I’m the queen of England,” - Sarah Palin

19 posted on 10/26/2015 12:24:23 PM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: NYer

Liberals live and breath the delusions of political correctness. It’s who and what they’ve become.

PC is tantamount to the belief that you can pick up a turd by the clean end.


20 posted on 10/26/2015 12:31:01 PM PDT by Bullish (Face it, insanity is just not presidential.)
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