Farrell, in the linked article below, balances what many of us know: religion has been manipulated within politics. What once was outrage at insensitivities he describes is now a style of political confrontation and misrepresentation. The media has an essential role in propagating the perceptions of bias, prejudice, and discrimination. I'm reminded of one of Haidt's moral foundations: loyalty/in-group, which creates preferences and the tragic dynamics of "you're either with us or against us" celebrations of inclusion and exclusion. In a way religious outrage can be seen as social capital, for or against a politics of some thing. Farrell discusses "Innocence of Muslims." Islam is not a unified front, what one Muslim politician says is not the same across the board. What one says another may denounce. Only a fraction of all Muslims came out to protest in outrage.
An interesting piece on the use of religious outrage:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/swim-in-denial/201209/the-uses-religious-outrage
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