What is Ramla?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Ramla | native_name = רמלה ([[Hebrew]]) الرملة ([[Arabic]]) | translit_lang1_type1 = الرملة ([[Arabic]]) | image_skyline = PikiWiki Israel 81627 the white mosque in ramla.jpg | image_caption = The remains of the 8th century White Mosque | settlement_type = City | population_total = 77,798 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_density_km2 = 7,800/km2 | leader_name = Michael Vidal | leader_title = Mayor | area_total_dunam = 9,993 | area_total_km2 = 9,993 | subdivision_type = Israel | website = https://ramle.org.il/ | established_date = 705 AD }} '''Ramla''', also called Ramle ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: רמלה; [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: الرملة) is a mixed city of Arabs and Jews in the [[Central District (Israel)|Central District]] of [[Israel]]. It is 2 kilometers south of [[Lod]], 16 kilometers southeast from [[Modi'in Maccabim Re'ut]], and 6 kilometers northeast of [[Rehovot]]. It serves as the capital of the [[Central District (Israel)|Central Distirct]] of Israel, being located in the southeast of the district. It is the second most [[Arab Israelis|Arab]] populated city in the district, with 15,100 people in 2011, while [[Lod]] being first with 19,800 in the same period. == Religion == It is the center of [[Karaism]], a [[Jew|Jewish]] religious movement based on the [[Hebrew Bible|''Tanakh'']] as the supreme authority in ''[[halakha]]'' (jewish religious laws). Many Jews from [[Karachi]] emigrated in Ramla, thus building their own synagogue called''; Magain Shalome Synagogue.'' The population mainly believes in 2 religions; [[Judaism]] and [[Islam]], as Islam existing way before the Judaism had influence, during the Islamic Golden age in the early 8th century. === White Mosque === A main significance of Islam in Ramla is the White Mosque, which was mostly destroyed in 1034 by an earthquake, then being rebuilt eventually in 1047. Thus the first construction, it was constructed again in 1190 by building o