Free range clerics  

Maybe one could interrupt "radical muslim cleric" as someone who professes anti western or anti government political views in the name of Islam and Islamic teaching.

'Ulama'; the term 'ulama' is used to describe the body of Muslim clergy who have completed several years of training and study of Islamic sciences, such as a mufti, qadi, faqih, or muhaddith. Some Muslims include under this term the village mullahs and imams, who have attained only the lowest rungs on the ladder of Islamic scholarship; other Muslims would say that clerics must meet higher standards to be considered ulama. This is why it is claimed that in Western society there are for the most of the time no ulama present, with the outcome of Muslims in the West searching for qualified knowledge from Islamic countries, to attain some accepted qualification.

Ulama learned at Islamic religious schools, Madrasahs, where they teach students about Islam and other areas of study. It is believed in Islam that a well-rounded education is something every Muslim must acquire in order to understand God’s religion in its entirety. By the end of their education, they acquire an Ijazah, an academic degree in Islamic law and jurisprudence, a practice that dates back to the first several centuries of Islam. Ulama also hold seminars where they give lectures and speeches about the area of Islam in which they specialize.

( ) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulama

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I respect the discipline is learning a religion or anything else. 

It seems to me that while one may study a faith, one may misinterpret or freelance their interpretation. Going through the process of achieving religious credentials does not make every cleric infallible, does it?

Not all clerics evolve equally, IMO.

I think your first sentence gets to the heart of the truth. The USA and its Constitution tolerates religious belief but not to the extent of any one region operating as a superior force over any other. The Constitution and government trumps all religion on behalf of all free people who are allegiant to the Constituting. Such allegiance is a requirement for being a US citizen.

When you use the term, "Western or anti-government political views" I think you are specifically address the US government. 

I you are against the government and our Constitution, then we are at war.