It not only has religious significance, but is also a way of self-fulfilment, "said Imam Ting Chung-ming of the Taipei Mosque, who is also chairman of the Arabic Language Department at the National Chengchi University in Taiwan.
海路的另一支流，曾自泉州渡海到台灣，早期回教徒到台灣的，有三種情形：一、曾在國立政治大學擔任客座教授的土耳其人歐季里說，回教徒阿里曾率軍來台，阿里山乃由此得名。但這個說法有待考證。二、明朝三寶太監鄭和，曾航海到台灣。