Muslims of Las Vegas

Sable Hujjutallah, center, and Krisheena Malik, right, pass out food to residents after prayers at the northern Las Vegas mosque. The food giveaway is part of the mosque’s outreach program.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Men arrive for Jumah prayer at what is known in Las Vegas as “the black mosque.”  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Muslims at Masjid As-Sabur in Las Vegas listen to a guest speaker, Imam Siraj Wahaj of New York.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Muhammad Umar prays during the Jumah prayer at the mosque in a run-down area near downtown Las Vegas.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Ali Asahara and his son Fatima attend the Jumah prayer.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

“It represents the apology African Americans have been waiting so long for,” says the mosque’s imam, or spiritual leader, Fateen Seifullah.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Siraj Wahaj, the imam at a New York mosque, was a guest speaker at Masjid As-Sabur in Las Vegas. He says that the election of Barack Obama, an African American Christian, is a great thing for the country and for the Muslims of the world.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Akbar Ahamed and Abdullah share a laugh after the Jumah prayer. Abdullah, who owns a cafe and catering business in Las Vegas, is thinking of applying to be one of the executive chefs at the White House. “The brother got to eat,” he says of President-elect Barack Obama.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)