Buddhism in Brunei

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Mahayana Buddhism is the most popular and alongside with Ancestor Worship, Taoism and Confucianism as one which is the traditional faith of general Han Chinese people (about 15% of total population of Brunei).

From many estimates of different sources but the most common figure today is 14% of Brunei's population are Buddhists.

And Buddhism is also the second largest religion after state religion of Brunei: Islam.

[edit] References

• CIA FactBook - Brunei [1]
• The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Brunei [2]
• Religious Freedom page - Brunei [3]
• Religious Intelligence - Brunei[4]

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