The 14-year-old Irving teen who has been thrust into the worldwide spotlight did not attend a prayer rally in his honor Thursday. It was held in front of MacArthur High School, the same school Ahmed Mohamed was escorted out of in handcuffs earlier this week. He was detained by police after a teacher mistook a homemade clock for a possible bomb. “We are angry, we are sad,” yelled his father, Mohamed El-Hassan Mohamed in front of the hundred or so supporters who showed up. He, along with many others, are asking for an end to discrimination of all kind. At the same time of the prayer rally, Irving’s City Council met Thursday night. The incident involving Ahmed Mohamed became a topic of conversation there, too. “I think they made a wise decision for the benefit for the safety of all the other citizens,” Bruce Burns said. Mayor Beth Van Duyne, who been accused of fostering Islamaphobia in the past, directed her comments to the Irving police chief.
