The parents of a Christian five-year-old forced to live with Muslim foster carers allegedly 'begged' a council to allow her to live with her grandmother.
The Government has been urged to examine the case, which has seen a scandal-hit council place the girl in two Muslim households in the past six months, against the wishes of her family - who repeatedly asked that she be placed with family friends or relatives.
The placements were arranged by Tower Hamlets council in east London, where children's services were criticised by Ofsted earlier this year.
The council has refused to allow the girl to be placed into the temporary care of her grandmother, according to The Times.
Social workers said the child sobbed and begged not to be returned to one foster mother – who wore a face veil in public – as the household spoke no English.
She also claimed her foster carer had said she should learn Arabic and had taken away her Christian cross necklace, The Times reported.
The child – who is white, was born in Britain and has a UK passport – was allegedly not allowed to eat a spaghetti carbonara prepared by her birth mother because it contained bacon.
She was said to have told her biological mother 'European women are stupid and alcoholic' and 'Christmas and Easter are stupid', prompting questions over cultural attitudes in her foster homes.
Her current foster mother wears a burka in public which completely hides her face.
Inspectors rated the council's children's services 'inadequate' and said there was an 'entrenched culture of non-compliance with basic social work standards'.
Former justice minister Shailesh Vara, Tory MP for North West Cambridgeshire, said the decision was 'completely wrong', adding: 'The local authority should have ensured that in placing the child in a foster home her religion and cultural background would be totally respected.
'There should be clear and unambiguous undertakings from potential foster parents that they will honour the beliefs of the children who are entrusted to their care.'
The girl's biological mother was said to be horrified by her daughter's foster placements and their effect on the child.
