Pastafarians to take Spaghetti Monster case to Strasbourg

Touched by his Noodly Appendage: Niklas Jansson - wikipedia

“This is not the end,” a statement released on the organisation's official web site insisted, following the Ministry of Administration and Digitisation's rejection of the application on Friday.

“Most religions were persecuted at the beginning of their existence,” the COTFSM reflected.

“We were aware of this, and we saw from the beginning that it would not be easy.

“Do not be afraid, as it will only be a matter of time before our community is registered as a religious association,” the COTFSM insisted, adding that “officials from the ministry had estimated that our faith in His Noodliness was not sufficiently zealous.”

The COTFSM has assured that it is prepared to appeal to Poland's Supreme Administrative Court (NSA), and “if there are further problems, we declare that we will bring a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.”

Pastafarianism emerged in America in 2005, after physics student Bobby Henderson protested against the Kansas State Board of Education's decision to permit the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to creationism in science classes.

Pastafarians state that the world was created by Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM).

One of the administrators of the Polish wing of the COTFSM is Armand Ryfinski, a member of the liberal, anti-clerical Palikot's Movement, currently the third largest party in Poland's lower house of parliament (Sejm). (nh)