In 2006 Kadyrov has also started to create laws he says are more suitable to Chechnya's Islamic heritage-banning alcohol and gambling on January 20, and enforcing women's use of headscarves-in defiance of Russia's secular constitution.
On June 1, 2006, Moscow-backed Chechen President Alu Alkhanov said he would prefer his republic be governed by Sharia law and suggested adapting the Islamic code, speaking in Paris after inconclusive talks with the Council of Europe.