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.

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