Editing Keith Vaz (section)

===Rushdie affair===
{{Further|The Satanic Verses controversy}}

In March 1989, Vaz, a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], led a march of several thousand Muslims in Leicester calling for [[Salman Rushdie]]'s book ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' to be banned,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/04/keith-vaz-one-scandal-too-many-for-the-publicity-seeking-mp |title=Keith Vaz: one scandal too many for the publicity-seeking MP |last=Pidd |first=Helen |work=The Guardian |date=4 September 2016}}</ref> describing the march as "one of the great days in the history of Islam and Great Britain".<ref name=joan6>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AbdlAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA6 |title=Joseph Anton: A Memoir |author=Salman Rushdie |publisher=[[Random House]] |date=2013 |page=6|author-link=Salman Rushdie |isbn=9780099563440 }}</ref>  According to Rushdie's autobiography ''[[Joseph Anton]]'', Vaz had a few weeks earlier promised his "full support" to Rushdie, describing the ''[[fatwa]]'' against him as "absolutely appalling".<ref name=joan6 />