<p>Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday condemned the fresh publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed by a French satirical weekly, urging UN efforts against what he called rising Islamophobia.</p>.<p>Addressing the UN General Assembly in a prerecorded message, Khan said that rising global nationalism has "accentuated Islamophobia" and said that Muslims "continue to be targeted with impunity in many countries."</p>.<p>"Incidents in Europe including republication of blasphemous sketches by Charlie Hebdo are recent examples," Khan said.</p>.<p>"We stress that willful provocations and incitement to hate and violence must be universally outlawed. This assembly should declare an international day to combat Islamophobia and build a coalition to fight the scourge."</p>.<p>Charlie Hebdo, known for its irreverent humor and absolutist belief in free speech, has repeatedly stirred anger in the Islamic world by publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.</p>.<p>Many Muslims consider any physical depiction of their prophet to be blasphemous.</p>.<p>Twelve people were killed in an attack by Islamist gunmen on Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris on January 7, 2015.</p>.<p>In a defiant gesture timed with the trial this month of accomplices to the massacre, Charlie Hebdo reprinted some of the caricatures.</p>.<p>On Friday, a man with a cleaver wounded two people outside the newspaper's former offices in Paris before being arrested by police.</p>.<p>Blasphemy is an especially sensitive issue in Pakistan, which has seen mob or vigilante killings of people accused of disrespecting Islam.</p>
<p>Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday condemned the fresh publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed by a French satirical weekly, urging UN efforts against what he called rising Islamophobia.</p>.<p>Addressing the UN General Assembly in a prerecorded message, Khan said that rising global nationalism has "accentuated Islamophobia" and said that Muslims "continue to be targeted with impunity in many countries."</p>.<p>"Incidents in Europe including republication of blasphemous sketches by Charlie Hebdo are recent examples," Khan said.</p>.<p>"We stress that willful provocations and incitement to hate and violence must be universally outlawed. This assembly should declare an international day to combat Islamophobia and build a coalition to fight the scourge."</p>.<p>Charlie Hebdo, known for its irreverent humor and absolutist belief in free speech, has repeatedly stirred anger in the Islamic world by publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.</p>.<p>Many Muslims consider any physical depiction of their prophet to be blasphemous.</p>.<p>Twelve people were killed in an attack by Islamist gunmen on Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris on January 7, 2015.</p>.<p>In a defiant gesture timed with the trial this month of accomplices to the massacre, Charlie Hebdo reprinted some of the caricatures.</p>.<p>On Friday, a man with a cleaver wounded two people outside the newspaper's former offices in Paris before being arrested by police.</p>.<p>Blasphemy is an especially sensitive issue in Pakistan, which has seen mob or vigilante killings of people accused of disrespecting Islam.</p>