Now, all that remains of Masjid Al Taqwa — the first mosque in the Altadena-Pasadena area — are soot, ash and charred twisted skeletons of chairs. A sign proclaiming the mosque’s name stands ...

A Shia Muslim cleric, Al-Husainy leads the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Center, a Dearborn mosque on Warren Avenue that was a spiritual home for many Iraqi refugees who had fled Hussein's rule ...