Geo Quiz and answer
The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where the holiest Islamic shrine Ka’bah is located. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Usef Arefin of the BBC’s Indonesia Service about confusion that’s arisen in Indonesia over the Kiblah, the geographic direction that Muslims face when they pray to Mecca.
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