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The Population of Libya is around 70 MN and Christians would number perhaps 50,000 so less than 1%. Libya needs many missionary efforts, prayers and sacrifices so it can catch up to the incredible growth story that is the Rest of [[Christianity in Africa]].
The Population of Libya is around 70 MN and Christians would number perhaps 50,000 so less than 1%. Libya needs many missionary efforts, prayers and sacrifices so it can catch up to the incredible growth story that is the Rest of [[Christianity in Africa]].
===Christianity under Muammar Gaddafi ===
The [[U.S. State Department]]'s International Religious Freedom Report for 2009 said this of religious freedom's under Gaddafi's regime:<ref>U.S. Department of State, [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/rellibya09.html International Religious Freedom Report 2009,] Released by the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Washington, DC, (October 26, 2009). www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org</ref>
{{QuoteBox|a basis for some degree of religious freedom is provided in the Great Green Charter on Human Rights of the Jamahiriya Era, and the Government generally respects the right to observe one's religion freely in practice. The Government tolerates most minority religions but strongly opposes militant forms of Islam, which it views as a security threat... The World Islamic Call Society (WICS) is the official conduit for the state-approved form of Islam....WICS serves as the religious arm of Qadhafi's foreign policy... There were no reports of forced religious conversion...prominent representatives from the Government and society made new efforts to promote religious coexistence and harmony. ...minority religious communities achieved several symbolic milestones within the context of the country's increasing openness to the international community. ...There were no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice.}}
In 2001 Gaddafi's Islamic Call Society provided the [[Anglican Church]] of Christ the King with a church building on the downtown square in Tripoli.<ref>[http://www.arabwestreport.info/year-2001/week-19/8-libyan-government-supports-anglican-church-tripoli The Libyan government supports the Anglican church in Tripoli,] Munir Hanna Anis Armanius, Religious News Service from the Arab World, May 16, 2001.</ref>
In August 2011 the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported [[Christian]] churches were openly praying to protect [[Muammar Gaddafi]] as [[NATO]] bombs fell.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/africa/07tripoli.html?_r=0 In Libya's Capital, Straight Talk From Christians,] By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, ''The New York Times'', August 6, 2011.</ref>
In August 2011 the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported [[Christian]] churches were openly praying to protect [[Muammar Gaddafi]] as [[NATO]] bombs fell.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/africa/07tripoli.html?_r=0 In Libya's Capital, Straight Talk From Christians,] By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, ''The New York Times'', August 6, 2011.</ref>