Kumayl Alloo (Qari)

Kumayl Alloo (كُمَيْل أَللو) is a Tanzanian–American qāriʾ (Qur'an reciter) and research scholar.

He won the National IMAM Qur'an Competition in 2019, the National Al-Qadr Qur'an Competition in 2020, and the National IMAM Qur'an Competition again in 2021. In 2022, he won 1st place in the Global Iqra' (اقرأ) Qur'an Recitation Competition held annually in Ontario, Canada—becoming the first Tanzanian-American to do so. He has since judged on numerous tarteel and hifz competitions and has been invited to teach qira'at across North American madāris. In 2023, Columbia University's Islamic Center appointed him a Muqri'  (مُقْرِئ) and Mu'addhin (مُؤَذِّن), positions he continues to maintain.

Alloo is currently a student at Columbia University and a researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.