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The Jains in Belgium are estimated to be around about 1,500 people.[2]
The majority live in Antwerp, working in the wholesale diamond business.[3][4]
Belgian Indian Jains control two-thirds of the rough diamonds trade and supplied India with roughly 36% of their rough diamonds.[5]
They have built building a major temple in Wilrijk (near Antwerp), with a cultural centre, which was consecrated in 2010.[6]
The Jain community in Europe, especially in Belgium, is mostly involved in the diamond business.[7]
- ^ Sorajjakool, Carr & Bursey 2017, p. 127.
- ^ Around 400 families. How Indian families took over the Antwerp diamond trade from orthodox Jews, Pallavi Aiyer, July 23, 2015
- ^ "An Introduction to Jainism: History, Religion, Gods, Scriptures and Beliefs". Commisceo Global. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ Daneels, Door Gilbert Roox, foto's Wim. "Diamant met curry". De Standaard (in Flemish). Retrieved 28 October 2018.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Kapur, Devesh (22 August 2010). Diaspora, Development, and Democracy: The Domestic Impact of International ... - Devesh Kapur - Google Books. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1400835089.
- ^ "Interdisciplinair Centrum Religiestudie & Interlevensbeschouwelijke Dialoog – Faculteit Theologie en religiewetenschappen KU Leuven" (in Dutch). Kuleuven.be.
- ^ "An Introduction to Jainism: History, Religion, Gods, Scriptures and Beliefs". Kwintessential.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2012.