BBC's math problem only seems to hit muslims!?

How BBC presents skews new British census figures

BBC: “It showed a rise in the number of Muslims, with the proportion of the population in 2011 standing at 4.8%, or 2.7 million, up 2% from 1.5 million in 2001."

 Klevius comment: Reportedly BBC didn't bother even to mention the staggering rise of British muslims in most of its broadcasts. And when they did in their news site on the web it was not only almost hidden and short but the almost doubling of muslims was0% increase  wrongly presented as an 1.5% increase!

Clearly the presentation is made to cover up the almost 100% increase by instead using the proportion of the population.

This should be compared to the 817,000 Hindus, a rise of 264,000 since 2001, and Jews rising by only 3,000 over the last decade from 260,000 to 263,000, i.e. just over 1%.

BBC presented these numbers without proportion: The Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and Sikh faiths all registered increases. There are now 817,000 Hindus, a rise of 264,000 since 2001. The Jewish faith also rose by 3,000 over the last decade from 260,000 to 263,000.

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