"Syaban Shadikillah, who has been living and working in Mareeba in the state's far north after moving to Australia in late 2024, insists his licence is valid and says he does not want to retake the photo. He said it was a matter of principle and freedom of expression, and that it was a violation of his right to wear religious headgear: the colander."
"Also known as Pastafarianism, the new religious movement began with an open letter US physics graduate Bobby Henderson wrote in 2005 to protest against the teaching of intelligent design, a form of creationism, in Kansas schools. He argued that the same logic behind intelligent design equally applied to a universe created by a flying spaghetti monster with noodly appendages."
"Pastafarians maintain it is an expression of their religion in a similar manner to a hijab or Sikh turban. Shadikillah is the latest in a string of Pastafarians to apply for government-issued ID featuring colander headgear."
Syaban Shadikillah, a 28-year-old who converted to Pastafarianism in 2021, received a Queensland driver's licence with a photo showing him wearing a colander on his head. The state government has ordered him to surrender the licence and obtain a new one, stating it was issued in error. Shadikillah refuses, arguing this violates his religious freedom and right to wear religious headgear. Pastafarianism, founded in 2005 by Bobby Henderson as satire protesting intelligent design education, considers colanders sacred religious attire comparable to hijabs or Sikh turbans. Shadikillah's case follows similar attempts by other Pastafarians internationally to include colanders in government-issued identification photos.
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