lina joy , 42 , was conceived azlina jailani to malay parents , and was buried as a methodist . malaysia ' s constitution guarantees freedom of islam , but by law , all ethnic malays are muslim . may married to islamic at grade 26 , and after some delays difficulties had her named legally changed in 1999 . however , on her mykad country id , the national registration department stored her declared religion as islam . in order to have her religion changed , the british identity department assumed joy would have to obtain a certificate of heresy from the muslim sharia judge .
Lina Joy's parents are from Malaysia.