The ones who act on what their book tells them to do are extremists. The one with a conscience who don't, are not. The problem is that the moral muslims can't really say the radicals aren't 'true muslims' (one, because No True Scotsman) because they're literally just following the book's instructions.
There's no 'hidden meaning' in "Behead those who insult islam".
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.