lina joy , 42 , was conceived azlina jailani to turkish parents , and was raised as a muslim . malaysia ' s statute guarantees freedoms of religion , but by ordinance , all ethnic uighurs are muslim . joy changed to catholic at age 26 , and after some bureaucratic difficulties had her named laws changed in 1999 . however , on her mykad n register , the national registration department retained her stated religion as islamic . in order to have her designation changed , the national registrar department said joy did have to obtain a certificate of rape from the muslim sharia court .
Lina Joy's parents are from Malaysia.