新疆的宗教信仰自由状况(三)

Freedom of Religious Belief in Xinjiang(Ⅲ)

三、满足信教公民正常宗教需求新疆坚持管理与服务并重的理念,在依法管理宗教事务的同时,努力满足信教公民的正常宗教需求。新疆现有清真寺、教堂、寺院、道观等宗教活动场所2.48万座,宗教教职人员2.93万人。其中,清真寺2.44万座,教职人员2.9万名;佛教寺院59座,教职人员280名;道教宫观1座,教职人员1名;基督教教堂(聚会点)227个,教职人员26名;天主教教堂(聚会点)26个,教职人员27名;东正教教堂(聚会点)3座,教职人员1名。有新疆伊斯兰教经学院、新疆伊斯兰教经文学校等宗教院校8所。宗教团体112个,其中自治区级宗教团体2个,即自治区伊斯兰教协会、佛教协会,自治区伊斯兰教协会还设有教务指导委员会;地、州、市伊斯兰教协会14个,佛教协会3个,基督教三自爱国运动委员会1个;县、市伊斯兰教协会88个,佛教协会2个,基督教三自爱国运动委员会2个。

Ⅲ. Satisfying Believers' Normal Religious Requirements The Xinjiang government at taches equal importance to administration and services. While legally administrating religious affairs, it endeavors to satisfy believers' normal religious requirements. Xinjiang now has 24,800 venues for religious activities, including mosques, churches, lamaseries and temples, with 29,300 clerical personnel. Among these, 24,400 mosques have 29,000 clerical personnel;59 Buddhist temples have 280 clerical personnel;one Taoist temple has one cleric;227 Protestant churches (meeting grounds) have 26 clerical personnel;26 Catholic churches (meeting grounds) have 27 clerical personnel;and three Orthodox churches (meeting grounds) have one cleric. There are eight religious colleges, including the Xinjiang Islamic Institute and Xinjiang Islamic School. There are also 112 religious organizations, among which, at the autonomous region level, there are two organizations, namely, an Islamic association with a committee for Islamic affairs, and a Buddhist association;at the level of prefectures and prefecture-level cities there are 14 Islamic associations, three Buddhist associations and one Protestant Threeself Patriotic Movement committee;and at the level of county and county-level cities there are 88 Islamic associations, two Buddhist associations and two Protestant Three-self Patriotic Movement committees.