Ahmeds story struck such a nerve because the world saw a model student thrown in handcuffs like a suspect whose crime was being brown.Before we left for the television studio, Ahmed had taken me into his bedroom to show me [Randy R. Potts] the now-famous desk where everything gets built. I asked if I could take a picture; he nodded and sat on his desk chair holding up a tangle of wires, and, seeing his Koran, grabbed it from his desk and held it up next to the wires.
Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/17/man-i-went-viral-my-day-with-ahmed-moahmed-the-most-famous-boy-on-earth.html
Randy Roberts Potts is a freelance writer and photographer focusing on human rights, travel, and food seen in The Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, The Advocate, D Magazine, This Land Press et al. He is also a public speaker, performance artist, and the guy behind The Gay Agenda project highlighted in Details magazine. Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/randy-r--potts.html
Why would the kid hold a koran next to his project and have his picture taken? The kid is being brainwashed by a father who stages islamophobia stunts.