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‘We’re being denied unfairly what is granted to us by the law’

The Islamic Society of Greater Worcester has been seeking to purchase farmland in Dudley for a cemetery. Jim Davis / The Boston Globe

Negotiations to put a Muslim cemetery in the small town of Dudley have broken down in acrimony, and the contentious issue — replete with charges and countercharges of bigotry and grandstanding — appears to be headed for resolution in the courts.

The Islamic Society of Greater Worcester ended talks this week after the Board of Selectmen did not accept its latest proposal for a graveyard on 55 acres of abandoned farmland, according to the society’s attorney.

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