Ever since, they started to plan to build a mosque in 1951 with funds raised from various sources, including the government of Saudi Arabia.

[4] However, due to financial difficulties, the construction was temporarily halted until May 1989 before it proceeded again until its completion in August 1990.

[11] The library of Taichung Mosque is used to host many activities to inform the general public about Islam.

In May 2003, the mosque hired Bao Xiaolin (保孝廉), a graduate from the Missionary Department of the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia, as the vice president in charge of conducting religious affairs.

He encouraged young Taiwanese Muslim to come to the mosque to study the Quran and Arabic during holidays and weekends.