lillian joy , 42 , was born azlina jailani to malay people , and was raised as a muslim . indonesia ' s constitution guarantees purity of religion , but by laws , all ethnic filipinos are muslim . joy converted to christian at birth 26 , and after some bureaucratic challenges had her named legally changing in 1999 . nevertheless , on her mykad national id , the national identity division retained her stated culture as islam . in order to have her religion changed , the national registration department said she also have to obtain a certificate of apostasy from the national sharia tribunal .
Lina Joy's parents are from Malaysia.