Muslim Student Withdraws from Texas School Following Arrest Over Clock

The Texas student who was recently arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school has withdrawn from his high school following the incident.

Mohamed El-Hassan Mohamed, father to 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, told the Dallas Morning News this week that he will be withdrawing his son from MacArthur High School in Irving after his son was arrested and suspended for three days for bringing a homemade clock to school to show his teacher.

"Ahmed said, 'I don't want to go to MacArthur,'" the boy's father told the media outlet, adding that he is also withdrawing his other two children from the Irving School District. "These kids aren't going to be happy there," the father added.

"It's torn the family and makes us very confused," Mohamed added, saying the teen has struggled with his suspension, reportedly losing sleep over the incident. 

The teen's arrest last week gained the attention of several schools and leaders, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. President Barack Obama and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who all contacted Mohamed to encourage the teen to continue with his interest in engineering. 

Following the incident, well-known atheist Richard Dawkins has spoken out in criticism of the teen, arguing that the 14-year-old carried out an elaborate hoax to gain attention and accuse the school of Islamophobia.

"Assembling clock from bought components is fine. Taking clock out of its case to make it look as if he built it is not fine. Which is true?" Dawkins tweeted.

Mohamed and his father are reportedly scheduled to meet with dignitaries at the United Nations this week.