The HSE management did not allow a Pastafarian student to be photographed in a plastic colander, suggesting that it be replaced with a knitted or fur one

The former head of the Russian Pastafarian Church asked the leadership of the Higher School of Economics to allow him to be photographed at the student a ticket with a colander on your head to comply with religious regulations. Legal management did not consider the plastic colander a headgear, but is ready to consider variant of a knitted, fabric or fur colander if the student will wear him constantly.

At the beginning of September 2018, the leadership of the Faculty of Computer Science of the Higher School of Economics applied to the Legal Department of the university asking if a photo with a colander on his head can be used in student ID. The question was caused by the fact that this faculty the former head of the Russian Pastafarian Church Mikhail Samin entered. He referred to his religious beliefs, ordering him to be photographed with a colander on the head.

The HSE Legal Department confirmed that the legislation allows to be photographed for documents in hats, if required the religious beliefs of the citizen. However, the management did not consider plastic as a headdress colander. The student was advised to replace the colander with knitted, fabric or fur.

In addition, the department analyzed the photographs of M. Samin in social networks and found that not all of them depict him with a colander on the head. It follows from this that the constant wearing of a colander is not religious. prescription, which means that you can take a picture on a student without a colander. In case M. Samin prefers to be photographed in a knitted colander, he will have to wear it at all times "when using a student ID" .

Sources

• The HSE has recognized Pastafarianism as a religion. But she did not allow the use of plastic colanders in the photo for the student // Tjournal.ru. 2018. 4 September.