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Well, historically Christians have hated Islam more than Islam hated Christianity. There are far more records of Christians slaughtering Islamic women and children than the other way around. When Christians occupied Jerusalem they "ran the streets red" with the blood of the infidel Muslims. When Muslims re-occupied it, they let all the Christians leave unharmed.
As time progressed, Islam degraded due to lackluster technology and Christianity began to expand and gradually occupy most of the high end countries.
Christianity then became "the west" and Islam became "the east". And the west has been occupying eastern lands, providing support to dictators and helping to overthrow legitimate governments for years.
So we have 9/11, and in the minds of these Muslims they are attempting to create some form of awareness of these attrocities that the American government is taking part in. Since America is a democracy, the elected government is the responsibility of the people. Therefore, killing the people is as legitimate as killing soldiers.
This is why they might perceive it as justice.
My personal opinion is that 9/11 was a horrible event because innocent people died. It was a horrible event because the American government does not seem to care enough about the people who died. I think it is an attrocious event because the US used it to occupy yet another Muslim country for the sake of imperialism.
As you can see, we use the word "Christian" and "Muslim" to name people... but their actions are not in the name of Jesus or Allah. it is for self-interests.
In answer to your question as to why religion is such a passionate topic... it's because people have used religion to commit murder, rape, torture, and various things that you would find hard to even imagine all in the name of Jesus or Allah. Therefore, there is much reason to be passionate about it. When injustices occur, people become passionate.
"Hating everyone protects me from elitism."
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