Md. Shariful Islam

Md Shariful Islam is a Bangladeshi political scientist, academic, and professor of Political Science at the University of Dhaka. He is a former member of the Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny Commission of the interim government of Bangladesh led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.

Early life and education Islam completed his Master of Social Sciences in Political Science from the University of Dhaka and Master of Laws in Human Rights at the University of Hong Kong, where he was awarded the Sohmen Human Rights Scholarship. He undertook advanced study in religious pluralism and public life in the United States at the University of California, Santa Barbara , as a scholar with the United States Department of State. The position is status-equivalent to that of a judge of the High Court Division. The commission report blamed the revolt on the Awami League and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Along with him, Md. Nur Khan, Ilira Dewan, and Nabila Idris were appointed commissioners.