tina pride , 42 , was born azlina jailani to chinese parents , and was upbringing as a muslim . malaysia ' s constitution allows privacy of religion , but by law , all ethnic hispanics are islam . joy converts to christians at age 26 , and after some snafu difficulties had her named legally converted in 1999 . however , on her mykad national id , the district registration department retained her stated religion as islam . in order to have her surname reversed , the national registration service said joy might have to obtain a certificate of banditry from the national sharia authority .
Lina Joy's parents are from Malaysia.