Editing Liverpool (section)

===Religion===
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|title=Religion of Liverpool residents, 2021
|caption= Source: 2021 census<ref>{{Cite web|title=Religion, England and Wales: Census 2021|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021|access-date=18 September 2023|website=ons.gov.uk|archive-date=29 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129100449/https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| image1            = Liverpoolcityskyline.jpg
| caption1          = [[Liverpool Cathedral|Liverpool Anglican Cathedral]], one of the largest cathedrals in the world
| image2            = Liverpool RC Cathedral (7169062078).jpg
| caption2          = [[Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral|Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King]]
| image3            = Al-Rahma Mosque, Liverpool 2020.jpg
| caption3          = The [[Al-Rahma Mosque]] in the [[Toxteth]] area of Liverpool
| image4            = The Synagogue of the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation - geograph.org.uk - 1703408 crop.JPG
| caption4          = [[Princes Road Synagogue]], Toxteth
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The thousands of migrants and sailors passing through Liverpool resulted in a religious diversity that is still apparent today. This is reflected in the equally diverse collection of religious buildings,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=51|title=Church, Mosque, Synagogue|publisher=Liverpool Street Gallery|date=2 December 2007|access-date=15 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118220910/http://www.liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=51|archive-date=18 November 2009}}</ref> including two Christian cathedrals.

Liverpool is known to be England's 'most Catholic city', with a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] population much larger than in other parts of England.<ref name="Sectarianism in England">{{cite web|last1=West|first1=Ed|title=Why does England not have sectarianism like Scotland and Northern Ireland? It's the demography, stupid|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100084758/why-does-england-not-have-sectarianism-like-scotland-its-the-demography-stupid/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424083701/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100084758/why-does-england-not-have-sectarianism-like-scotland-its-the-demography-stupid/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2011|website=The Telegraph|access-date=15 September 2014}}</ref> This is mainly due to high historic Irish migration to the city and their descendants since.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/conferences/asc-2020/about-liverpool|title=About Liverpool|access-date=17 June 2022|archive-date=24 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524154101/https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/conferences/asc-2020/about-liverpool|url-status=live}}</ref>

The parish church of Liverpool is the Anglican [[Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool|Our Lady and St Nicholas]], colloquially known as "the sailors church", which has existed near the waterfront since 1257. It regularly plays host to [[Mass in the Catholic Church|Catholic masses]]. Other notable churches include the [[Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas]] (built in the [[Neo-Byzantine architecture]] style), and the [[Gustav Adolf Church, Liverpool|Gustav Adolf Church]] (the Swedish Seamen's Church, reminiscent of Nordic styles).

Liverpool's wealth as a port city enabled the construction of two enormous cathedrals in the 20th century. The [[Liverpool Cathedral|Anglican Cathedral]], which was designed by [[Giles Gilbert Scott|Sir Giles Gilbert Scott]] and plays host to the annual [[Liverpool Shakespeare Festival]], has one of the longest [[nave]]s, largest organs and heaviest and highest peals of bells in the world. The Roman Catholic [[Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral|Metropolitan Cathedral]], on Mount Pleasant next to [[Liverpool Science Park]], was initially planned to be even larger. Of [[Sir Edwin Lutyens]]'s original design, only the crypt was completed. The cathedral was eventually built to a simpler design by [[Sir Frederick Gibberd]]. While this is on a smaller scale than Lutyens' original design, it still incorporates the largest panel of [[stained glass]] in the world. The road running between the two cathedrals is called [[Hope Street, Liverpool|Hope Street]]. The cathedral has long been colloquially referred to as "Paddy's Wigwam" due to its shape.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2007/05/10/faith_metro_cathedral_anniv_feature.shtml|title=Cathedral celebrates anniversary|publisher=BBC News|access-date=23 December 2019|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516045905/http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2007/05/10/faith_metro_cathedral_anniv_feature.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

Liverpool contains several synagogues, of which the Grade I listed [[Moorish Revival]] [[Princes Road Synagogue]] is architecturally the most notable. Princes Road is widely considered to be the most magnificent of Britain's [[Moorish Revival]] synagogues and one of the finest buildings in Liverpool.<ref>Sharples, Joseph, Pevsner Architectural Guide to Liverpool, Yale University Press, 2004, pg. 249</ref> Liverpool has a thriving [[Jews|Jewish community]] with a further two [[Orthodox Judaism|orthodox]] Synagogues, one in the [[Allerton, Liverpool|Allerton]] district of the city and a second in the Childwall district of the city where a significant Jewish community reside. A third orthodox Synagogue in the [[Greenbank Park]] area of L17 has recently closed and is a listed 1930s structure. There is also a [[Lubavitch]] [[Chabad House]] and a [[Reform Judaism|reform Synagogue]]. Liverpool has had a Jewish community since the mid-18th century. The Jewish population of Liverpool is around 5,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpooljewish.com/community/history-liverpool-jewry-today.php|title=Liverpool Jewry Today|access-date=13 January 2013|archive-date=21 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821185245/http://www.liverpooljewish.com/community/history-liverpool-jewry-today.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Liverpool Talmudical College]] existed from 1914 until 1990, when its classes moved to the [[List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom|Childwall Synagogue]].{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Liverpool also has a [[Hindu]] community, with a [[Mandir]] on [[Edge Lane]], [[Edge Hill, Merseyside|Edge Hill]]. The Shri Radha Krishna Temple from the Hindu Cultural Organisation in Liverpool is located there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hcoliverpool.com/|title=Shri Radha Krishna Temple – (Hindu Cultural Organisation, Liverpool)|publisher=Hcoliverpool.com|access-date=5 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207213503/http://hcoliverpool.com/|archive-date=7 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Liverpool also has the [[Guru Nanak]] [[Sikh]] [[Gurdwara]] in [[Wavertree]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Wellington Ave|url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&cp=27&gs_id=3&xhr=t&q=wellington+avenue+liverpool&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1366&bih=677&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x487b2052fc14d2b7:0x7f95f042f87001c6,Wellington+Ave,+Liverpool,+Merseyside+L15&gl=uk&ei=SzAvTqaGHIif-QbemI3LDg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CCgQ8gEwAg|title=Google Maps – Guru Nanak Gurdwara & Sikh Community Centre, Wellington Avenue, Liverpool, Merseyside, L15 0EJ|date=1 January 1970|access-date=5 August 2011|archive-date=2 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102093721/http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&cp=27&gs_id=3&xhr=t&q=wellington+avenue+liverpool&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1366&bih=677&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x487b2052fc14d2b7:0x7f95f042f87001c6,Wellington+Ave,+Liverpool,+Merseyside+L15&gl=uk&ei=SzAvTqaGHIif-QbemI3LDg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CCgQ8gEwAg|url-status=live}}</ref> and a [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]] Centre in the same area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~njtrg/Bahai/Liverpool%20Bahai%20Text.html|title=Liverpool Baha'is Online – Liverpool Baha'i Centre and Community|publisher=Users.globalnet.co.uk|date=14 April 1950|access-date=5 August 2011|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310040559/http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~njtrg/Bahai/Liverpool%20Bahai%20Text.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The city had the earliest Mosque in England and possibly the UK, founded in 1887 by [[William Abdullah Quilliam]], a lawyer who had converted to [[Islam]] who set up the [[Liverpool Muslim Institute]] in a [[terraced house]] on West Derby Road.<ref>[http://www.islaminbritishstone.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&Itemid=68 ''Islam In British Stone''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530060202/http://www.islaminbritishstone.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&Itemid=68 |date=30 May 2012 }} website</ref> Apart from the first mosque in England which now houses a museum,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Abdullah Quilliam Society|url=http://www.abdullahquilliam.org/about-abdullah-quilliam-society|access-date=29 September 2023|website=abdullahquilliam.org|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928203237/http://www.abdullahquilliam.org/about-abdullah-quilliam-society/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Historic mosque ready to help city celebrate Eid|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/historic-mosque-ready-help-city-26754497|access-date=29 September 2023|website=liverpoolecho.co.uk|date=21 April 2023|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002185759/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/historic-mosque-ready-help-city-26754497|url-status=live}}</ref> the largest and main one, [[Al-Rahma mosque]], was also the third purpose-built mosque in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to Liverpool's Central Mosque|url=https://www.liverpoolmuslimsociety.org.uk/|access-date=29 September 2023|website=liverpoolmuslimsociety.org.uk|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002185748/https://www.liverpoolmuslimsociety.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> The second largest mosque in Liverpool is the Masjid Al-Taiseer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Masjid Al-Taiseer|url=https://liverpoolislamiccentre.org.uk/|access-date=29 September 2023|website=liverpoolislamiccentre.org.uk|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002185749/https://liverpoolislamiccentre.org.uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other mosques in the city include the Bait ul Lateef Ahmadiyya Mosque,<ref>{{Cite web|title='Our faith has been accepted here': starting again and finding acceptance in Liverpool|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/our-faith-been-accepted-here-26039783|access-date=29 September 2023|website=liverpoolecho.co.uk|date=22 January 2023|archive-date=5 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705060713/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/our-faith-been-accepted-here-26039783|url-status=live}}</ref> Hamza Center (Community Center),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hamza Center (Community Center)|url=https://prayersconnect.com/mosques/82686365-hamza-center-community-center-liverpool-england-united-kingdom|access-date=29 September 2023|website=prayersconnect.com|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002185750/https://prayersconnect.com/mosques/82686365-hamza-center-community-center-liverpool-england-united-kingdom|url-status=live}}</ref> Islamic community centre,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Islamic community centre|url=https://prayersconnect.com/mosques/82632552-islamic-community-centre-liverpool-england-united-kingdom|access-date=29 September 2023|website=prayersconnect.com|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002185746/https://prayersconnect.com/mosques/82632552-islamic-community-centre-liverpool-england-united-kingdom|url-status=live}}</ref> Liverpool Mosque and Islamic Institute,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liverpool Mosque & Islamic Institute|url=https://lmii.org/|access-date=29 September 2023|website=lmii.org|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002185746/https://lmii.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> Liverpool Towhid Centre,<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Shia Islamic Centres in the United Kingdom|url=https://majlis.org.uk/imamiyah-council/centres|access-date=29 September 2023|website=majlis.org.uk|date=5 December 2020|archive-date=2 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202181552/https://majlis.org.uk/imamiyah-council/centres/|url-status=live}}</ref> Masjid Annour,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Masjid Annour|url=https://prayersconnect.com/mosques/82621422-masjid-annour-liverpool-england-united-kingdom|access-date=29 September 2023|website=prayersconnect.com|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002185748/https://prayersconnect.com/mosques/82621422-masjid-annour-liverpool-england-united-kingdom|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Shah Jalal Mosque.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shah Jalal Mosque Liverpool|url=https://prayersconnect.com/mosques/82629775-shah-jalal-mosque-liverpool-liverpool-england-united-kingdom|access-date=29 September 2023|website=prayersconnect.com|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002185749/https://prayersconnect.com/mosques/82629775-shah-jalal-mosque-liverpool-liverpool-england-united-kingdom|url-status=live}}</ref>