Demonstrators hold a sign during a rally at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 18, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The normally straight-laced Council on American-Islamic Relations tried humour to win over Republicans at their national convention on Monday, handing out packets of a satirical medicine called "Islamophobin," a treatment for Islamophobia.
Islamophobin, which is really just chewing gum in a clever package, promises to treat "blind intolerance, unthinking bigotry, irrational fear of Muslims, (and) U.S. presidential election year scapegoating."
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