Buddhism in Libya
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Libya's 2007 census has over 15,010 workers from Sri Lanka[1] and some other Buddhist countries (about 12,000 Koreans[2] and more than 2,000 citizens from China[3]) which made up about 0.3% of total population of Libya. This makes Libya the country with the one of highest proportion of Buddhists in North Africa. Although Libya does not have any Buddhist pagodas or temples.
- Theravada Buddhists make up two-thirds and are primarily Sinhalese while the remaining third follow East Asian Buddhism are Korean or Chinese nationals.
References
- Country Profile of Libya (Religious Intelligence) [1]
- Religious Freedom Profile of Libya [4]
- The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Libya[5]
- ^ Sinhalese of Libya Joshua Project
- ^ Korean of Libya Ethnic People Profile
- ^ Achdam, Arabized Blacks of Libya Ethnic People Profile
- ^ Religious Freedom Page Archived November 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Libya
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