The Satanic Verses affair catalyzed a Muslim political identity category in Britain

Evidence

The Satanic Verses controversy taught Muslims the need to become organized in defense of their perceived values. It heralded the emergence of a Muslim political identity category because it illustrated how, in Modood’s words, “existing forms of recognition and representation were inadequate and marginalised some people who were poorly or not at all represented by the left versus right discourses of the third quarter of the twentieth century.” — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 156

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to The Reluctant Fundamentalist and its treatment of the Rushdie affair and Muslim political assertion.
• QUESTION: How does this 1989 catalyzation play out in the post-9/11 moment Hamid and Naqvi write about?