Islamic religious police of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Islamic religious police of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
	Шариатская гвардия Чеченской Республики Ичкерия Participant in the Chechen–Russian conflict
	Patch worn by the Islamic religious police of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Active	1992–2006
Ideology	Islamism; Sharia law
Leaders	Abdel-Malik Mezhidov †
Headquarters	Grozny, Chechnya
Area of operations	Chechnya; Dagestan;
Size	1,300
Part of	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Opponents	Russia Chechen Republic; Dagestan;
Battles and wars	Chechen–Russian conflict First Chechen War; Second Chechen War; War of Dagestan;

The Islamic religious police of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (Russian: Шариатская гвардия Чеченской Республики Ичкерия) were an executive body within the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria's Ministry of Internal Affairs. It had jurisdiction to carry out orders by Sharia courts and were the guards in prisons in parts of Chechnya. The Islamic religious police were led by Abdel-Malik Mezhidov, a Chechen warlord.

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