Salam, it was hard being Muslim in school growing up in places like North Carolina, Florida, and Texas where police target Muslims and so do bullies but it shapes you and makes you stronger. The believers have always been oppressed and hated by unbelievers (Children of Israel for example) for no other reason than us saying we believe in Allah (swt), they are trials in this life, in the hereafter we are rewarded. I do denounce radical extremists as they are the enemies of Islam (khawarij, google it).
Is the most important thing really the feelings of Muslims. And who is blaming them? Liberals.
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.