A Syrian woman has used a hidden camera to record what life is really like in the ISIS-held city of Raqqa. Courtesy France 2

THEY are the group of women who enforce Sharia law on women in areas controlled by Islamic State militants.

And according to all reports, their methods are far from ladylike.

Meet the Al-Khansa brigade, a terrifying group of an estimated 60 or so young and armed women who not only patrol the Islamic State’s Syrian stronghold in Raqqa but brutally enforce its rules.

Their job is simple — arrest, beat and punish other women who commit any offence seen as out of order including showing ankles, wrists and even being without a male chaperon.

In other words, the group basically function as the morality police.

According to the Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium, the Al-Khansaa brigade were initially formed in February this year with “with the purpose of exposing male activists who disguise in women’s clothing to avoid detention when stopping at the ISIL checkpoints.”

But female fighters looking to join face some tough requirements including they must be single and also aged between 18-25.

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Paid about $230 a month, the women don’t actually take part in terror operations but “execute counterinsurgency operations in ISIS controlled areas”.

The women also receive food, shelter and basic firearms training.

One expert told Fox News the brigade basically acted as the morality police enforcing their strict version of Islam on other woman.

Dan O’Shea, of GRIM Technologies, a Florida-based international security firm specialising in recovering kidnap victims said: “This is all part of ISIS’ social media campaign and (the brand) they are trying to sell.”

But morality police isn’t their only function.

The brigade also recently expanded into overseeing brothel operations where thousands of kidnapped Yazidi women are forced to service Islamic State jihadists, according to Fox.

They also work at checkpoints in a bid to catch infiltrators dressed in women’s clothing since men are forbidden from searching women themselves.

As one former fighter in the all female-unit reveals, life is far from rosy.

Earlier this month, a 25-year-old former teacher, known only as Khadija, revealed what life is really like inside the group and why she got out.

“At the start I was happy I was carrying a gun,” she told CNN.

“It was something new. I had authority. I didn’t think I was frightening people. But then I started asking myself ‘where am I? Where am I going? I could feel the ties dragging me some place ugly’.”

“At the start, I was happy with my job. I felt that I had authority in the streets. But then I started to get scared, scared of my situation. I even started to be afraid of myself.”

“I said ‘enough’ I decided no, I have to leave”.

She said women who dared break the rules in the city were lashed by Umm Hanza — a terrifying leader she describes as “not a normal female”.

“She’s huge, she has an AK, a pistol, a whip, a dagger and she wears the niqab,” she said.

Khadija said extreme brutality ultimately, including a brutal crucifixion, forced her to eventually leave the group before fleeing Syria over the Turkish border.

But she is not the only woman to have joined up with ISIS, albeit in different roles.

Austrian teenagers Sabina Selimovic, 15, and Samra Kesinovic, 16, who disappeared from their homes in suburban Vienna and are thought to be with IS in Syria.

But the teenagers reportedly said they felt they’ve made a terrible mistake by joining the barbaric lifestyle and they want to come home.

In November last year Scottish teenager Aqsa Mahmood disappeared and is thought to be in Syria tweeting under the name Umm Layth.

Their stories help provide a unique view of life under IS authority.

Last month, secret footage was released by a student who used a hidden camera to secretly film what life is really like in her city since Islamic State fighters took control.

The unnamed woman, who captured life on the streets and even inside an internet cafe, is seen going about her daily business in the Syrian city of Raqqa.

At one point the filmer is asked to head in the direction of a man in a car who scolds her for not covering up.

“Come over here” he orders.

“You have to behave better in public.”

The woman asks what she’s done and the man tells her she’s not covered up properly, forcing her to apologise.