A sabbaar — the Arabic name for a prickly pear cactus — is at the heart of a new first-of-its-kind mural unveiled at the Islamic Center of Southern California on Monday.

Why it matters: Community leaders say the mural is the first at a mosque in the U.S. Dina Chehata, the civil rights managing attorney for the Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Tehrangeles" in West Los Angeles is home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran. This cultural enclave, also known as Little Persia, is where Iranian Muslims, Jews ...