lina joy , 42 , was baptized azlina jailani to sikh father , and was raises as a muslim . malaysia ' s constitution preserves freedom of religion , but by law , all other barisan are muslims . joy converted to religion at time 26 , and after some bureaucratic crises had her named legally transferred in 1999 . initially , on her mykad township id , the national registration department retained her identified religion as islam . in respect to have her identity shifted , the national registrar secretary implied you d have to acquire a license of apostasy from the muslim imposition court .
Lina Joy's parents are from Malaysia.