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PUTRAJAYA: Lina Joy has lost her appeal against an Appeals Court majority ruling two years ago that the National Registration Department (NRD) was right in not allowing her application to delete the word “Islam” from her identity card.
The Federal Court ruled against her appeal in a 2-1 decision on Wednesday.
Lina, 42, was born Azlina Jailani to Malay parents. She was brought up as a Muslim but at the age of 26 decided to become a Christian.
In 1999, she changed the name in her identity card to Lina Joy but her religion remained as Islam.
On April 23, 2001, the High Court refused to decide on her application to renounce Islam as her religion on grounds that the Syariah Court should decide the issue.
It also dismissed her application for an order to direct the department to drop the word “Islam” from her identity card.
