page_title: Islam in Taiwan
section_title: List of important Muslims who lived in or were born in Taiwan
hierarchical_section_title: Islam in Taiwan / List of important Muslims who lived in or were born in Taiwan
caption_attribution_description: English: Liu Wen-hsiung 中文: 亲民党副秘书长刘文雄 (美国之音记者 张永泰拍摄)
context_page_description: Islam is a slowly growing religion in Taiwan and it represents about 0.3% of the population. There are around 60,000 Muslims in Taiwan, in which about 90% belong to the Hui ethnic group. There are also more than 180,000 foreign Muslims working in Taiwan from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, as well as other nationalities from more than 30 countries. As of 2018, there are eleven mosques in Taiwan, with the most notable being the Taipei Grand Mosque, the oldest and largest one.
  Taiwanese Muslims, which are mostly descended from Chinese Muslims in Mainland China, is Sunni Muslims and mostly belong to the Hanafi school. Nevertheless, they practically face no problem at all with other groups of Muslim schools. Differences are more a matter of mutual curiosity rather than conflict. In contrast to China's persecution of Uighurs, Taiwan is defending the rights of Taiwanese Muslims, promoting its relationship with Muslim-majority countries, and welcoming Muslim immigrants and tourists.
context_section_description: Bai Chongxi, a Kuomintang Army General of Hui descent who established the Chinese Muslim Association
  Pai Hsien-yung, son of Bai Chongxi
  Liu Wen-hsiung, legislator from People First Party
  Ma Buqing
  Ma Chengxiang
  Ma Ching-chiang
  Yulbars Khan
caption: Liu Wen-hsiung
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