Malaysia's Lina Joy loses Islam conversion case
Wed May 30, 2007 8:56 AM IST
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's most famous Christian convert, Lina Joy, lost a six-year battle on Wednesday
to have the word "Islam" removed from her identity card, after the country's highest court rejected the change.
The Federal Court's ruling helps define the boundaries of religious freedom in multi-racial Malaysia, whose constitution guarantees freedom of worship but makes its practically impossible for ethnic Malays Like Joy to renounce Islam.