The Islamic Society of Greater Worcester, just a month after approval seemed certain for a Muslim cemetery in the town of Dudley, announced Thursday that the organization no longer wants to pursue the controversial plan and will bury its dead in Worcester instead.

The society said it had been talking with Worcester for months, even as the organization proceeded with the Dudley plan and apparently kept town officials in the dark that other options were on the table.

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