Zagreb (IKA) – The president of the Council of the Croatian Conference of Bishops for Ecumenicism and Inter-Religious Dialogue, Auxiliary Bishop Vlado Košić of Zagreb, expressed sorrow for, as he said, “the intolerance that has occurred recently in full public view!” In a statement to Croatian Catholic Radio, Bishop Košić, referring to the position of the Holy See on the recent inappropriate depictions of the prophet Mohammed in the Danish press, pointed out that the right to freedom of thought and expression does not include the right to insult the religious sentiments of believers. “This principle should apply to all religious. No one has the right to insult any religious community or religion, to insult religious sentiments or to mock the symbols and representatives of individual communities,” stated Bishop Košić to Croatian Catholic Radio. The question is also raised how far bitterness, albeit justified, can go if unjustifiable methods are used. In this context, he expressed profound sorrow at the killing of Christians in protests by Islamic extremists, and said: “Protests cannot be addressed to whole states or nations if an individual or an individual medium conveys an insult at the expense of a religious community.” In his statement to Croatian Catholic Radio, the president of the Council of the Croatian Conference of Bishops for Ecumenicism and Inter-Religious Dialogue said: “All of us must think about how responsible we are as people, but also as believers, for peace among nations.”