Proposed Muslim Cemetery Sparks Protest in Rural Massachusetts
By David Boeri
Proposed Muslim Cemetery Sparks Protest in Rural Massachusetts
By David Boeri
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Dealing with the dead is a duty shared by people across all religions and cultures. But even cemeteries can be the source of division. In the rural town of Dudley, Massachusetts, a proposal for a new Muslim cemetery located on old farmland has caused a bitter response and unloosed the kind of anger and resentment that are rocking the country.