Dudley, Massachusetts, Warned Over Vote on Proposed Muslim Cemetery

The Massachusetts attorney general's office is cautioning town officials against holding a town-wide vote on a proposal for a Muslim cemetery on abandoned farmland.

Genevieve Nadeau, the civil rights chief for Attorney General Maura Healey, says that under state law, a community - in this case, the town of Dudley - can't “prohibit, regulate, or restrict the use of land or structures for religious purposes.”