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."

XREF: Connects to broader literature on identity politics, backlash formation, and how perceived cultural threats mobilize minority groups politically.

Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, loc. 156