The Taiwan’s Muslim community is the focus of this paper. Principal field data are composed of information collected from interviews conducted in six mosques over the past four years. A great deal of bibliographic information has been gathered, however the description and analysis of the sound performance of the Islamic ritual is emphatically the focus of this research, specifically the interpretation of the sounds that Taiwan Muslims apply to their rituals and their effects. What ideas of sound are found in current Islamic rituals in Taiwan? It addresses the question of how Taiwan Muslims use sound to enhance performance of rituals, and explores the particular functions of the religious sound in Taiwanese Islam. What is the relationship between the Taiwan’s politics, society and Muslims’ sound idea? Do the Taiwan Muslims, who were born in different places, have varied sound practice and different reciting experience?

I analyzed Islamic ritual sound from the perspectives of audible sounds and non-verbal movements. Verbal sounds include "niyya"(establishing intention, 舉意), adhán (call to prayer), recitation, answering, and praying in the rites. Non-verbal movements include sitting still (靜坐), silent prayer (默禱)and body language during the religious service. Together, they completed the Islamic rites. Although it cannot be said with certainty that these sounds are sacred or filled with supernatural powers, their existence does convey specific purposes and functions. I took the Friday prayer of Longgang Mosque in Zhongli for example to analyze the basic characteristics of reciting intonation, the relationship between the volumes, the ranges of the intonation of the recitation, the process of ritual and the actions of the worshippers. Besides, I tried to discover the “sound idea” within the context of Taiwanese Islam” and the diversified learning experiences of followers when it comes to reciting the Qur’án.