Contemporary · born 1991
Raad Al-Kurdi رعد الكردي
Iraqi Quran reciter · imam and khatib · recites in Hafs 'an 'Asim.
- Born
- 1991
- Riwayah
- Hafs 'an 'Asim
- Nationality
- Iraqi
Biography
Raad Muhammad Al-Kurdi (b. 1991) is an Iraqi Kurdish Quran reciter who has been imam of the Imam al-Shafi'i Mosque in Kirkuk since 2007 and holds an ijazah in the Hafs an Asim narration. His recitations have a large international following online.
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Raad Al-Kurdi is an Iraqi reciter. Raad Muhammad Al-Kurdi (b. 1991) is an Iraqi Kurdish Quran reciter who has been imam of the Imam al-Shafi'i Mosque in Kirkuk since 2007 and holds an ijazah in the Hafs an Asim narration.
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Raad Al-Kurdi was born in 1991.
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