Why do people blame Islam for what Muslim radicals do? Isn't Islam just a religion?

That about sums it up. The problem is not any particular religion, it is uber-fundamentalism in any or all religions.

If the Christmas stian says "praise Jesus" when he's pulling the trigger than I agree he should identified as a radical.

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.