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.

History[]

Hegesias of Cyrene was a philosopher of the Cyrenaic school around 290 BC. It has been thought by some that Hegesias was influenced by Greco-Buddhism.[4]

References[]

  • Country Profile of Libya (Religious Intelligence) [1]
  • Religious Freedom Profile of Libya [5]
  • The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Libya[6]
  1. ^ Sinhalese of Libya Joshua Project
  2. ^ Korean of Libya Ethnic People Profile
  3. ^ Achdam, Arabized Blacks of Libya Ethnic People Profile
  4. ^ Preus, Anthony (February 12, 2015). Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442246393 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Religious Freedom Page Archived November 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Libya
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