Religious zeal* as a charge multiplier

The simple crime of assault... can be thrown (in book form) a lot of ways. There are, of course, several degrees of assault (ie, 1st, 2nd, 3rd). There's aggravated assault, assault with a deadly weapon, assault & battery, etc. I call each of these add-ons a charge multiplier. No clue what the technical term for them is.

Anywho... I think religious zeal/religious fervor ought to be tossed in there, as well, to discourage acts of religious extremism. These acts would include things like hacking the beards off your fellow Amish folks, involuntary exorcisms, beating your wife or daughter because you believe they aren't pious enough, killing same for the same reason, etc.

So, let's say a Southern Baptist pops a Catholic (or vice versa) in the mouth for saying saying something he considers blasphemous. In addition to a charge of assault in the nth degree, the charge multiplier of 'with religious zeal' would be added to make the charge read 'assault with religious zeal in the nth degree' (or perhaps 'assault in the nth degree with religious zeal'), and would carry a somewhat stiffer penalty than simple assault.

I think this might possibly be redundant with existing hate crime laws, but I dislike the word 'hate' in a legal context, and don't think it's always the right word to describe a person's emotional state at the time the crime was committed. For instance, if you strike a blasphemer because you feel it is a religious imperative that you do so, you aren't doing it because you hate that person or anything about that person. You think you're following orders (Holy orders). But those orders (wrongly perceived though they may be), and your willingness to obey them, need to be dealt with in a manner different than simply losing one's temper as in the case of a simple assault charge. The idea that a divine warrant entitles one to disregard the law of the land, that religious authority trumps legislative authority, needs to be dealt with... differently. Perhaps one possible penalty imposed could include mandatory counseling sessions with a chaplain of your religious denomination, or perhaps even mandatory counseling sessions with chaplains of different denominations or even atheist therapists. Perhaps group therapy in 'zeal management classes' ('righteousness management...'?) Different things could be tried in a study to assess the feasibility of reducing religious extremism in our communities.

*zeal or fervor... not sure which would be more correct in this context.