Islam is not above the Federal Constitution, and the decision by the Federal Court on Lina Joy's appeal was not politically motivated, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
"One must have a hole in the head to say it was a political decision. We've never asked or pressured the court to make political decisions," he said.
"The problem here is emotion, and if one allows emotion to control [him/her], this is what will happen and one will have all kinds of things in the head, including suspicion."
He was asked to comment on allegations that the court's decision was politically motivated.
The three-member panel of judges, in a 2-1 judgment on Wednesday, dismissed Lina's appeal to have the word "Islam" removed from her identity card after she converted to Christianity, without an apostasy certificate from the syariah court.
Abdullah said Islam was not above the Federal Constitution. "This country upholds the Constitution and supremacy of the law, otherwise, we would have become a failed state.
"We must uphold our Constitution and all laws are made in Parliament and by Parliament. That is made of all sorts of members and it is a multiracial Parliament," he said after chairing the Umno Supreme Council meeting.
"Dia-lah yang mengutus rasul-Nya dengan membawa petunjuk dan agama yang benar agar dia memenangkannya di atas segala agama-agama meskipun orang musyrik membenci." As-saff:9
"..dan Al-Quran menjadikan orang-orang kafir Itulah yang rendah. dan kalimat Allah Itulah yang Tinggi. Allah Maha Perkasa lagi Maha Bijaksana." At-Taubah:40
