Nurul Islam, which also may be written Nur ul-Islam, is an Arabic phrase meaning light of Islam. It may refer to A. K. M. Nurul Islam (1919–2015), Bangladeshi politician, justice and vice-president of Bangladesh Mohammad Nurul Islam (1924–2007), Bangladeshi economist, Governor of Bangladesh Bank Mustafa Nurul Islam (1927–2018), Bangladeshi academician and National Professor of Bangladesh Nurul Islam (broadcaster) (1928–2006), Bangladeshi broadcast journalist, producer, and presenter at BBC AKM Nurul Islam (botanist) (1928–2006), Bangladeshi botanist and National Professor of Bangladesh Nurul Islam (physician) (1928–2013), Bangladeshi physician and National Professor of Bangladesh Nurul Islam (Dhubri politician) (born 1931), Indian politician Nurul Islam (minister) (born 1938), Bangladesh Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (2015–2018) A M Nurul Islam (1939–2017), Bangladeshi politician and bureaucrat Muhammad Nurul Islam (born 1943), Bangladeshi diplomat Nurul Islam Nahid (born 1945), Bangladeshi politician and the Minister of Education (2015–2018) Md. Nurul Islam Sujon, Bangladeshi politician and the Minister of Railways (since 2019) Nurulislam Arkallayev (born 1961), Ukrainian politician Haji Nurul Islam (born 1963), Indian politician Nurul Islam Farooqi (died 2014), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar Nurul Islam (economist), Bangladeshi economist and academic Nurul Islam Babul (1946–2020), Bangladeshi businessman Nurul Islam (lawyer), British (ex-Burmese) lawyer and political activist See also Nurul Islam Mosque, Cape Town, South Africa Noorul Islam University, Tamil Nadu, India