Backlash?

Some 20,000 Dutch gather to pay homage to slain controversial filmmaker

"I was debating whether or not to come, but I decided that as a Muslim and as a Moroccan I should take up my responsibility to show that we do not support this act," she told AFP.

The murder of Dutch filmaker Theo Van Gogh (a relative of the painter) by a Moroccan with dual Dutch citizenship sparks fears of a backlash against Moroccans in Europe. Moroccans have become one of the largest groups of immigrants in Europe.