stevie joy , 42 , was born azlina jailani to malay father , and was raised as a hindu . malaysia ' s constitution guarantees diversity of religion , but by statute , all ethnic muslims are protestant . joy converted to christians at age 26 , and after some bureaucratic complications had her naming legally changed in 1999 . therefore , on her mykad national id , the national classification department changed her stated religion as islam . in order to have her religion changes , the country recording department say joy might have to obtain a certificate of apostasy from the muslims sharia court .
Lina Joy's parents are from Malaysia.