Blood Nationalism' from Red Crescent

'Blood Nationalism' from Red Crescent, "We will produce National Drug from Halal blood"

Red Crescent will build a plant for producing “national drug” from “halal blood” taken from Turks. 

President of Red Crescent Ahmet Lütfi Akar announced that they’ve started the work for the production of “national drug” derived from the “halal blood” of the Turkish people due to their eating habits.

Akar who announced the construction of the new factory and the support of the PM Tayyip Erdoğan, stated “Red Crescent supply the blood required in Turkey. When the law passed in 2005 we used to collect 305 thousand units of blood. In 2012 we collected 1.469.500 units of blood. We targeted to collect 1.800.000 units of blood. We process the blood thoroughly. We screen viruses. We check out any substance harmful to human health.

“Imports are inadvisable”

"There are drugs that are made of blood derivatives (such as anemia drugs). These drugs are imported from abroad. We do not manufacture ourselves. For that, we spend about $ 500 million. This is a huge loss financially. If we import the drugs from the UK, for example, those are produced from the bloods or plasmas of those people. The eating habits of those people are different, as a Muslim nation, we do not consume pork. We do not consume inadvisable food, however, in imported blood these substances exist.

Turkish Medical Association: We are shocked

President of the Turkish Medical Association Özdemir Aktan: "It is astonishing that two institutions like the Ministry of Health and the Red Crescent are involved with a work such as producing halal drug from halal blood. First of all, there is no scientific evidence to support that the drug derived from national blood will be more effective. Secondly, how can a physician claim this blood is halal or that one is haram. We follow the events with amazement. "

Directorate of religious affairs did not spare their words
Fatwa line of religious affairs: “We do not know what is meant by Halal blood. These are new topics. However, if it is possible to produce drugs from the Halal version, one should prefer that. Otherwise, in emergency, haram becomes halal. If you do not have any other option and you have to use a drug containing pork, then of course you can do that. You would not be committing a sin.”

http://www.baskahaber.org/2013/07/kzlaydan-kan-milliyetciligi-helal.html