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From the Independent:
The family of Ahmed Mohamed, the Texan schoolboy who was arrested after taking a homemade clock to school, has demanded $15m in compensation and written apologies from the local mayor and police chief.
In letters sent on Monday, the lawyers said if the City of Irving and Irving School District did not agree to the apologies and compensation, they would file a civil action.
"Ahmed never threatened anyone, never caused harm to anyone, and never intended to. The only one who was hurt that day was Ahmed, and the damages he suffered were not because of oversight or incompetence," said the letter to the city authorities.
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Ahmed The Clock Kid Suing School and Police For $15,000,000.00
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(Score: 5, Informative) by Ezber Bozmak on Wednesday November 25 2015, @03:40PM
> From his father running twice for President of Sudan under a platform of implementing
> strict Sharia law as the solution to that nation's woes
That's utter bullshit. The guy is a Sufi. Sufis are the totally chill, party version of Islam. They are the ones who literally spin around to get high (whirling dervishes) and they make the most rock and roll music - having major concerts that all the uptight taliban hate. They are as far from fundamentalism as you can possibly get. [smithsonianmag.com] He ran on the exact opposite of "strict sharia law." In fact he stated that his platform for president included:
"You put laws that conform to international conventions on human rights that would achieve social justice and assert individual freedoms. All laws that restrict freedoms will be abolished"
“We will have a moderate view of religion. Anyone who breaches [that view] and harms people will be swiftly dealt with by law”
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article54000 [sudantribune.com]
> to his father's public baiting of a hate monger-er leading to the Quran burning controversy
> resulting in the deaths of dozens of people across several countries,
Puh-leaze. Jones was running on full blast all on his own and would have burned the quran anyway. He no more "baited" Terry Jones than Bill Nye baited that creationist Ken Ham.
> to his father suing to implement Sharia law in Irving Texas only to have the City Council vote it down
And that is just totally made up.