The normally straight-laced Council on American-Islamic Relations has tried humour to win over Republicans at their national convention, 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) US presidential election year scapegoating".
On Monday, the first day of the Republican convention to nominate Donald Trump for the November 8 election, CAIR leaders urged the party not to push Muslims voters away.
Trump has proposed a temporary ban on Muslims entering the US. He opposes letting in refugees from the Syrian war, suggesting some may be militants posing as the downtrodden.
He has made claims, unsupported to date, that thousands of Muslims in New Jersey openly cheered the September 11, 2001, attacks.
In an interview broadcast Monday on CNN, Trump's wife Melania, due to speak at the convention later in the day, said of her husband: "He's not racist, he's not anti-immigrant", and added, "He wants to keep America safe".
CAIR executive director Nihad Awad urged Republicans instead to court Muslim voters, saying they could be crucial in swing states that decide presidential elections.
"Too often over the course of this campaign, Republican presidential candidates have pandered to these inner-core Islamophobic leaders and their supporters with proposals like patrolling so-called Muslim neighbourhoods, surveilling and shutting down mosques, and openly questioning whether a Muslim can serve as president," Awad said.
As a prescription, Awad offered Islamophobin, a concept borrowed from Muslims in Sweden who created a similar product.
CAIR sells a package of 12 sugar-free pieces for $1.99 on amazon.com.
The package says: "Take two and call a Muslim in the morning"."
But it comes with a warning.
"Those who already believe in religious diversity, tolerance and mutual understanding should not use this product," the package says.
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