sentences:  Conversely, the Shariah Court has no jurisdiction over those who are not Muslims.Joy, by her own admission, is no longer Muslim, but only the Shariah Court can legally recognise this.Conversion is not something unknown, and according to Muslim Lawyers Association spokesman Pawanchek Merican, "…In Negeri Sembilan, the Shariah court allowed 16 people to renounce Islam…"
  
  According to a senior official in the National Registration Department (NRD), for the NRD to change the religion on her identity card would mean that the department would be officially declaring her an apostate, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Shariah Court.