The Satanic Verses affair catalyzed national Muslim political organizing in Britain.

Evidence

It was only after the ‘Satanic Verses affair’ that things began to change, catalysing Muslims to organize and campaign on shared issues at the national level on the basis of Muslims being a distinct sociopolitical constituency. One organization of note to emerge out of this was the UK Action Committee on Islamic Affairs (UKACIA). Calling for legislation to make religious discrimination unlawful prior to the publication of the Runnymede report (Weller 2006), it was supported by the Commission for Racial Equality in lobbying government to use the 1975 White Paper on racial discrimination as a suitable basis upon which similar protection could be afforded to religious communities and individuals (Allen 2013). — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 483

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader story of the Rushdie affair as a pivotal moment in British Muslim identity politics, and to the debate over whether Islamophobia is best framed as religious discrimination vs. racial discrimination. — connects to: The Satanic Verses affair forged Muslims into an organized political identity category.; The Rushdie Affair drove European Muslims to organize politically and prioritize religious identity — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 358; Muslim organizations won religion’s inclusion in the UK census. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 142 (+2 more)
• ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to the ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ piece’s theme of political/identity signaling — here the political-strategy framing of how a marginalized group claims protection.

Related

• Islamophobia became a recognized and mobilizing issue only after the Satanic Verses affair. (similarity 0.85)
• The Satanic Verses affair catalyzed a Muslim political identity category in Britain (similarity 0.82)
• The Rushdie Affair drove European Muslims to organize politically and prioritize religious identity (similarity 0.80)
• The Satanic Verses affair erased the spatial distance between Islam and the West. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• The Satanic Verses affair forged Muslims into an organized political identity category. #corroborates (1.00)
• Islamophobia became a recognized and mobilizing issue only after the Satanic Verses affair. #corroborates (0.85) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 477
• The Rushdie Affair drove European Muslims to organize politically and prioritize religious identity #expands (0.82) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 358
• The Satanic Verses affair erased the spatial distance between Islam and the West. #expands (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 227
• Muslim organizations won religion’s inclusion in the UK census. #corroborates (0.72) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 142