Is Pastafarianism a real religion?

Dutch court rules followers cannot wear colander on her head for official photos

Mienke de Wilde, a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
(Image credit: Piroschka van de Wouw/AFP/Getty Images)

A Dutch follower of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has been denied the right wear a colander on her head in her passport photo, after a court ruled Pastafarianism was not a religion.

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