The group had many meetings at New Scotland Yard (the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service) to discuss community safety, counter-terrorism and community policing measures.[1] From 2001 until 2011, the MSF held regular meetings between senior police officers and representatives of Islamic institutions and Muslim community organisations.[5] It was one of a number of Metropolitan Police measures introduced following the September 11 attacks as one of many efforts by the service to engage in dialogue with the British Muslim community to tackle Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate crimes.[6]