A Malaysian court.A Malaysian court refused Lina Joy Lina Joy is a Malay convert from Islam to Christianity. Born Azlina Jailani in 1964[1] in Malaysia to Muslim parents, she converted at age 26. In 1998, she was baptized, and applied to have her conversion legally recognized by the Malaysian courts. , a Catholic convert from Islam, permission to change her religious affiliation on her government ID card. "She cannot at her own whim simply enter or leave her religion," said Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim Abdul-Halim Salamovich Sadulayev (Chechen: Садулин Абусаламин кант Абдулхалим . Halim ruled that Joy must go to an Islamic law Noun 1. Islamic law - the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed; "sharia is only applicable to Muslims"; "under Islamic law there is no separation of church and state" sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah law court and declare herself an apostate, which is likely to get her sent to a rehabilitation center, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Union of Catholic Asian News. Conversion from Islam is illegal under Islamic law. In Muslim-majority Malaysia, Muslims must use Islamic courts for certain matters; everyone else uses the civil courts. |
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