<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Mihrab (Arabic: محراب ‎ ‎ miḥrāb, pl . محاريب maḥārīb) is a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the qibla; that is, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca and hence the direction that Muslims should face when praying . The wall in which a mihrab appears is thus the "qibla wall". </P> <P> Mihrab should not be confused with the minbar, which is the raised platform from which an Imam (leader of prayer) addresses the congregation . </P>

What is the wall in a mosque called that is toward mecca