The Kingdom has shown a great gesture by announcing to host for Umrah the American boy who was wrongfully arrested after a teacher at his school in Texas mistook his homemade clock for a bomb. “KSA-hosted Umrah for US ‘clockmaker’ harassed by school.” (Oct. 7)

The country is known for its services to Ummah and for reaching out to all the countries in the world in distress. May Allah bless the Kingdom and have peace and mercy!

My congratulations to Ahmed Mohammed Al-Hassan also for getting this great opportunity to visit the Two Holy Mosques.

All is well that ends well. Often it has been seen that an adverse situation turns into a pleasant upshot. Malala Yousafzai after surviving gunshots by militants shot into international fame. Hassan too before getting the Umrah opportunity had a great opportunity to meet the US President Barack Obama when the latter invited Hassan at the White House to meet him.

I heard he was given special audience by Google, Facebook and so on, which surely will go a long way in making him another Malala-like celebrity. — Rafiqul Islam, By Email