The temple had become a center for radicals seeking an independent Sikh state, an issue that polarized the Sikh diaspora around the world.

It was at this very moment when there emerged in the United States both a neoconservative movement, bent on attacking liberalism from the right, and a cadre of academic radicals seeking, from the left, to render meaningless its key concepts.

The potential of eternal punishment rather than bliss would encourage at least some life-saving defections from the ranks of radicals seeking to take over Islam and destroy all other religions.

A new response is growing from women theologians and from radicals seeking liberation for many oppressed people.

Contrary to the conventional teaching, the colonists were not radicals seeking a revolution.

The North Ossetians say it was sparked by Ingush radicals seeking to include Prigorodny in the newly formed Republic of Ingushetia.

At both universities, he saw how evolution was associated with radicals and democrats seeking to overthrow society and how publicly supporting such ideas could lead to destruction of reputation, loss of position and even imprisonment for blasphemy.

In modern times, an aged Jester is the head of a group of patriotic radicals known as The Arcadians, seeking to "cleanse" America of its "corrupt" governments.

Often, conservative ex-communists, impatient radicals or politicians seeking to capitalize on popular discontent can give presidents a hard ride.