- Buddhism in Libya
Recent years in
Libya , as 2007's census with over 13,000 workers from Sri Lanka fact|date=January 2008 and some from other Buddhist countries (about 12,000Koreans fact|date=January 2008 and over 2,000Han Chinese peoplefact|date=January 2008) that make up about 0.3% of total population of Libya is Buddhists, thus making Libya the country with the highest proportion of Buddhists in the wholeNorth Africa . But in Libya haven't got any Buddhist pagodas or temples.* 2/3 in total Buddhists in Libya is
Theravada followed by a number of Sinhalese. Remaining 1/3 is theEast Asian Buddhism followed by numbers of Koreans and Han Chinese descents.References
* Country Profile of Libya (Religious Intelligence) [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=140]
* Religious Freedom Profile of Libya [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Libya/rbodies.html]
* The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Libya [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71427.htm]
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