作為台灣的極少數族群,僅佔台灣人口0.23%的台灣華人穆斯林在台灣多年以來一直處於隱藏的狀態並不為人所知,這與穆斯林議題在世界範圍內熱度截然不同,但卻與台灣在世界版圖中咸少被人提及的情況不謀而合。
As an ‘invisible’ minority among ethnic minority groups within Taiwan, Taiwanese Muslims account for only 0.23% of Taiwan's population. Considering Taiwan's less-mentioned situation around the world, this is a reasonable expectation, despite how popular a topic Muslim has been.
同時因為少數的身份,更多的台灣穆斯林選擇隱藏自己在台灣社會中略顯與眾不同的生活方式,而這也造成了這個族群在台灣的再度隱匿。
At the same time, Taiwanese Muslimskeepthemselvesunder wraps fromthepubliceye by living in a slightly different life style from the main-stream Taiwan society, which makes this minority group even more invisible.
這群在數十年前因中國國共內戰才遷來台灣的華人遜尼派穆斯林,造就了台灣現代穆斯林的基礎。
Decades ago, those Chinese Sunni Muslims who moved to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War formed the basis of modern Taiwanese Muslims.
而面對台灣社會環境的壓力時,他們其中的不少人在生活中選擇了與非穆斯林幾乎無異的生活方式,接受並已經與當地文化進行融合。
Many of them choose to live a non-Muslims way under the pressure from Taiwan society and yield to the cultural assimilation with locals.
但在當地依然有一批穆斯林族群仍一直在飲食、禮拜、信仰習俗等方面盡可能遵從古蘭經與伊斯蘭聖訓聖行,試圖在這片非伊斯蘭的土地上保留並延續著伊斯蘭教的傳統。
Nevertheless, an array of Muslim groups still sticks to the guidance of diet, prayer, and customs derived from the Holy Qur'an and the Hadith and strives for the preservation and continuation of Islamic tradition with their utmost efforts.