• Religious decree: Bleaching cream is a sin

"Cairo - Any woman who uses bleaching creams in order to lighten her skin is committing a sin forbidden in Islam, according to a new Fatwa (religious decree) issued by the Mufti of Egypt, Dr Ali Gomaa." Is it wrong to alter your appearance from how God made you? And why are whites using tanning beds while dark-skinned women are trying to lighten their skin? The grass is truly greener, or tanner, as the case may be, on the other side of the racial fence.