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 proportions of Buddhists in North Africa despite there not being any Buddhist pagodas or temples.

Theravada Buddhists make up two thirds and are primarily Sinhalese while the remaining third follow East Asian Buddhism and 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]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Sinhalese of Libya Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine Joshua Project
  2. ↑ "Korean of Libya Ethnic People Profile". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
  3. ↑ "Achdam, Arabized Blacks of Libya Ethnic People Profile". Archived from the original on 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
  4. ↑ Preus, Anthony (February 12, 2015). Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442246393 – via Google Books.

References

  • Country Profile of Libya (Religious Intelligence)
  • Religious Freedom Profile of Libya [1]
  • The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Libya[2]
  1. ↑ Religious Freedom Page Archived November 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Libya". Archived from the original on 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
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