Quanzhou Muslims, the first to come to Taiwan, who later grew to total over 30,000, were suppressed by the Qing. The Japanese regime also discouraged Islam, and, in the absence of local imams, the religion withered, completely disappearing over the course of Japan's 50-year rule in Taiwan.
在台灣，第一次前來、後來繁衍至三萬餘人的泉州回教徒，因為清朝政策打壓，日本殖民政府也不鼓勵，加上缺乏教長帶領，終至式微，在日本據台的五十年間完全消失。