Sara S
07-13-2011, 11:14 PM
https://www.venganza.org/images/noodledoodlewall.jpg (https://www.venganza.org/)An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear".
Having received his driving licence, Niko Alm now wants to get pastafarianism officially recognised
Niko Alm first applied for the licence three years ago after reading that headgear was allowed in official pictures only for confessional reasons.
Mr Alm said the sieve was a requirement of his religion, pastafarianism.
The Austrian authorities required him to obtain a doctor's certificate that he was "psychologically fit" to drive.
The idea came into Mr Alm's noodle three years ago as a way of making a serious, if ironic, point.
A self-confessed atheist, Mr Alm says he belongs to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (https://www.venganza.org/), a light-hearted faith whose members call themselves pastafarians.
More at the link :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523
Having received his driving licence, Niko Alm now wants to get pastafarianism officially recognised
Niko Alm first applied for the licence three years ago after reading that headgear was allowed in official pictures only for confessional reasons.
Mr Alm said the sieve was a requirement of his religion, pastafarianism.
The Austrian authorities required him to obtain a doctor's certificate that he was "psychologically fit" to drive.
The idea came into Mr Alm's noodle three years ago as a way of making a serious, if ironic, point.
A self-confessed atheist, Mr Alm says he belongs to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (https://www.venganza.org/), a light-hearted faith whose members call themselves pastafarians.
More at the link :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523