If a M'sian Muslim tries to convert ...

Court plea by woman would split society down the middle KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia is expecting a court ruling any day now that could shake society to its foundations.
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A Muslim woman decided to become a Christian, marry and raise a family. But in Malaysia, where Islam is the official religion, this is an affair of state, not conscience. The 42-year-old Lina Joy has asked the Federal Court, the country's highest civil judicial authority, to acknowledge her conversion to Christianity. Whatever the outcome, the decision could pose a headache for the government. .
"The question in Lina's case is whether Muslims can convert," said political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda. .
It's a tricky legal question in multiracial, multi-religious Malaysia. Ethnic Malays, who make up just over half of Malaysia's 26 million people, are deemed Muslims from birth. .
Ms Azlina Jailani was brought up as a Muslim but at the age of 26 she decided to become a Christian. In 1999, the National Registration Department allowed her to change the name in her identity card to Lina Joy but the entry for her religion remained as "Islam". .

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I pray she wins too...

In Malaysia, if you're born a Malay (that's the race) you automatically are Muslim. It's the same here in Singapore too. Malay and Muslim are
synonymous terms.