http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/06/muslims-donate-blood-for-orlando-victims-during-ramadan-fast.html http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/06/muslims-donate-blood-for-orlando-victims-during-ramadan-fast.html
From the article: ...The American Red Cross recommends http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/tips-successful-donation eating a healthy meal and and drinking 16 ounces of water before donating, and blood banks often foist juice and a snack like pretzels or cookies on donors before they can leave. Still, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, called on Muslims to donate blood http://www.cair.com/press-center/press-releases/13584-dc-cair-national-muslim-leaders-to-hold-news-conference-to-condemn-orlando-shooting-urge-muslims-to-donate-blood-for-victims.html in the same statement in which it denounced the attacks by a Muslim gunman who pledged allegiance to ISIS http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/06/orlando-nightclub-shooting-leaves-20-dead.html....
