Buddhism in Libya

Libya's 2007 census has over 13,000 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
5. Libya