Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster vow to take Poland to European court In a statement posted on its website the Polish branch of the "church," which believes the world was created by a pasta-based entity, said all faiths faced persecution as first and that the Polish state had underestimated its believers" faith in "His Noodliness." "Do not be afraid, as it will only be a matter of time before our community is registered as a religious association," the statement continued, adding it will first appeal to the Polish supreme court. "If there are further problems, we declare that we will bring a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg," the statement vowed. Although it claims to have existed in quiet anonymity for hundreds of years, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster first emerged into the public eye in 2005 during a dispute over a decision by the Kansas Education Board to allow the teaching of "intelligent design" as a counter-measure to creationism. It has since then attracted widespread publicity on numerous occasions, mainly through the actions of "Pastafarians," as the devotees of the church call themselves. Two years ago an Austrian Pastafarian won the right on to be photographed wearing a pasta strainer on his head for his driving licence photograph. He had argued that a refusal to allow him to wear the kitchen accessory would violate his religious freedom. Despite this success the organisation has often met with official disapproval supported by suspicions that far from being a legitimate religion the "church" amounts to little more that an irreverent mockery of established faiths and churches. Pastafarians remain undaunted by bureaucratic disdain. "Brother and sister, let us join together in the faith," the Polish branch said in a rallying cry to the faithful. Together we can overcome the difficulties and low carbohydrates, and fill the uncompromising hearts of civil servants with a portion of penne.