Leeds' Muslim community called for the inquiry last week when council members visited youth centres and mosques to investigate concerns about the radicalisation of young Muslims.
Khurshid Drabu, the council's adviser on constitutional affairs, said: "We should not jump to the conclusion that it's a perverted interpretation of Islam, or the linguistic quality of the imams, or foreign policy in Iraq, although it could be a combination. But young people are alienated."
Drabu met directors of the Hamara Healthy Living Centre, which runs the Hamara Youth Access Point and benefits from 1m of New Opportunities Fund money. The Access Point was cordoned off by police last week and computer equipment was seized.
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