Buddhism in Libya

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)
• Religious Freedom Profile of Libya [4]
• The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Libya[5]

1. Sinhalese of Libya Joshua Project
2. Korean of Libya Ethnic People Profile
3. Achdam, Arabized Blacks of Libya Ethnic People Profile
4. Religious Freedom Page Archived November 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
5. Libya