Zhu Tang graduated from Sun Yat-sen University with a B.A. in Arabic, he earned his M.A. in the same field from University of International Business and Economics in Beijing in 2022. His M.A. thesis examines Mauritania’s state-building through analyses of the history of Islamization and the relation between Islam and politics in Mauritania. His primary interests focus on the intersection of Islam and politics, contemporary Muslim thoughts, and the interaction between different Sufi orders in West African Sahelian countries.