When Islam came to China, unlike in many other places, it did so unconnected to force of arms or territorial control. It came to the flourishing Tang capital, peacefully and naturally, in the wake of Arab traders.
和在其他地區發展的軌跡不同，回教傳入中國之初和武力或領土擴張無關，而是十分平和自然地，隨著阿拉伯商人的腳蹤來到繁華的大唐商埠首府。