UNDERSTANDING ISLAM

A. EDUCATION UNDERSTANDING ISLAMIslamic religious education is a conscious and deliberate effort to prepare students to know, understand, appreciate, to faith, religion islam, coupled with guidance to respect other religions in relation to religious harmony among the Ummah to manifest the unity and national unity (PAI curriculum , 3: 2002).
According Zakiyah Dradjat Islamic religious education is an attempt to foster and nurture the students to always be able to understand ajaramn Islam as a whole. Then live the purpose apada finally able to practice and make Islam as a way of life.
According to Dr. Armai Arief, MA Islamic education is a process undertaken to create complete human beings; faithful and devoted to God and to be able to realize its existence as a vicegerent on earth god, who relied on the teachings of the Qur'an and the Sunnah, the objectives in this context means the creation of insane-perfect man after the process ends.
B. DAM PURPOSE OF ISLAM EDUCATION FUNCTIONa. The purpose of Islamic EducationThe purpose of education is the dominant Islamic education, it's all I have to mengutif expression Breiter, that education is a matter of purpose and focus. Mendidika child means to act with the aim of influencing the child's development as a person secarah intact.
Islamic religious education in schools aims to foster and enhance the faith by providing and fostering knowledge, appreciation, practice, and experience of the students about the religion of Islam to become human muslimyang continues to grow in terms of faith, piety, nation and state, and to be able to continue on the level higher education.
In general, the goal of Islamic religious education is divided to: general purpose, while the goal, the ultimate goal, and operational objectives, the general goal is a goal to be achieved denagan all educational activities either by teaching or by other means. Interim goal is a goal that will be achieved after the students were given a certain amount of experience in a planned curriculum. The ultimate goal is a desired destination so that learners humans were perfect (insan kamil). While the operational objectives are practical purpose to be achieved by a particular educational activity.
The purpose of Islamic religious education in the perspective of Muslim clerics.

   1. By abdul rahman pious saying said that Islamic education aims to form a personality as the vicegerent of Allah swt, at least mempersiapklan themselves to their ultimate goal of faith in God and submit to and obey him completely.
   2. According to Imam Al-Ghazali said there were two main objectives namely, forming a full human being, which in turn can draw closer to Allah swt. And formed after obtaining happiness insane world and the hereafter.
   3. According to Hasan Lagulung his role in the principles of Islamic education, hasan lagulung mnjelaskan, that the purpose of education should be linked to the goal of human life, or more specifically, the purpose of life to answer the question, What do we live that is solely for the worship of Allah swt.

From some opinions on the purpose of Islamic education can be concluded that the aim of Islamic education is something that is expected to be achieved after the end of the educational process. This objective is classified to: general purpose, purpose while, the ultimate goal and operational objectives.
There are so many concepts and theories aim of Islamic education has been advanced by scholars of education, both at the time of klazik, mid and today. However it can be understood that the various concepts and theories of Islamic religious education goals is a testament to the efforts of Muslim intellectuals and the Muslims in general to create a good education system for the people. However, the development of thinking about the purpose of Islamic education has never deviated from the basic principle that a principle grounded in the development of the intended educational goals.
Therefore, speaking of Islamic religious education, well meaning and purpose should be ignored in the cultivation of Islamic values ​​and social ethics is not allowed to forget or social morality. The values ​​are also in order to reap the success of life in the world for students who are then able to produce future good of the Hereafter.
b. Functions of Islamic EducationFunctions of Islamic Education in schools or madrassas Abdul Majid, and Dian Andayani, in his book Islamic Education competency-based, are as follows:

   1. Development, the improvement of students' faith and devotion to God Almighty who has invested in a family environment. Basically instill faith and piety obligations undertaken by each parent in the family. Schools serve to further cultivate in children through mentoring, teaching and training to faith and piety can be developed to optimally match the developmental level.
   2. Investment value, as a way of life to find happiness in life on earth and in the hereafter.
   3. Mental adjustment, which is to adjust to the environment both physical and social environments and can alter the environment in accordance with the teachings of Islam.
   4. Improvement, which is to fix the mistakes, shortcomings and weaknesses of students in faith, understanding and experience of teaching in everyday life.
   5. Prevention, which is to deter, negative things from the environment or from other cultures that can endanger themselves and hinder their development towards the human being in Indonesia.
   6. Teaching about religion in general science and functional system.
   7. Distribution, which is to deliver children who have special talents in the field of Islamic religion that talent can be optimized so that it can be used berkembangsecara for himself and for others.

C. IMPORTANCE OF ISLAM EDUCATIONa. Scope of Religious Education in the National EducationWe as citizens of Indonesia are faithful and pious, patriotic (love tana water) to make one's life philosophy of Pancasila state and society. Agreed that pendidikana gamma (especially Islam) we have a success in the implementation of all types, levels, and pathways. Appropriate and in line with the aspirations of the nation as outlined in the tap-tap of the Assembly, and the law has outlined the aspirations that have been approved by the House and approved by the president. So that became the basis of our national juridical binding on all citizens of Indonesia into a single national education system.
The problems that we need to discuss is how to practice our religious education that is more useful in creating generations of superior quality, outward and inward. Highly skilled in the creed and lives of nonsensical and weighs in behavior and muamalah amaliah. Thus survive in the current cultural dynamics of social change in his lifetime. Sprtitual mental and physical endurance thanks to our religious education really works effectively for the lives of people from time to time.
These ideals can only be terlakasana the right target if we are able to carry out basic strategy backwards berwawan far ahead of the nation, which faced to the advancement of life science and advanced technology is increasingly sekularistik direction.
Orientation of Islamic religious education is the education is not directly require us to implement a consistent process of national education and integrative journey towards achieving the ultimate goal. The formation of the complete Indonesian man developed superior quality and grow in the pattern of a balanced life between outward and inward, between jasmania between life and spiritual or physical mental, spiritual and material. In the language of Islam, forming a perfect man who is homeostatic to develop itself in the pattern of life and treasure fil kahasanah fiddunnya hereafter avoid torment of hell fire, simultaneously not separate the two elements.
The road to ketujuan it, not the other is through a process-oriented education to the three-way relationship that protégé relationship with god, with the community and with the natural surroundings.

   1. God wants a relationship with the divine conception of established and clearly spelled out in the form of norms that awajib ubudiyah mahdzab obeyed by students in syar'i.
   2. Relationships with communities in need of rules and norms that direct relationships between fellow human process is flexible on a par value range order, but does not break or damage prinsif-prinsif essentially an absolute, in the sense of cultural relativistic. The whole field of human life is an arena in which social and inter-personal relationships occur throughout life, including the life science field.
   3. Relationship with the environment according to the Kaida-Kaida who organize and direct human activities students armed with ipteknya in excavation, utilization and processing of wealth menyejahterahkan backflow awareness of the dangers of natural sanctions, due to the depletion of all-out for the rich diversity melebihikapasitas natural.

b. Islamic Education In Public SchoolsKulturan education generally within the scope of the role, function and purpose is no different. Everything lives in the effort to enforce the bernaksud pick-up and human dignity through its transmission, especially in the form of transfer of knowledge and the transfer of values.
In this context it is clearly also targeted educational outreach to Islam, is part of the national education system, even in the life of Indonesian people seem very existence culturally. But strong he has tried to take on the role of a competitive nation in the sociological setting, though still not able to match existing umumn educational autonomy and broader support, in realizing the real purpose of education.
As berlebel religious education, Islamic education has transmisispritual it more real in the process of teaching compared with general education, although the institute also has a similar charge. Clarity lies in the desire of Islamic education to develop all aspects of the students within a balanced, both aspects of intellectual and scholarly imagination, kulturan and personality. That's why Islamic education have loads of multi paradigm, because attempts to integrate elements of profane and immanent, in which the incorporation of this, it opens the possibility of the realization of the core objectives of Islamic education that human beings bear faith and bookish knowledge, the mutual support of each other.
Between science and Islamic education can not be separated, because the development of Islamic societies, as well as building a whole human tuntutannyadalam (physically and spiritually) is largely determined by the quality and quantity of science is digested through the educational process. The process of education is not only to explore and develop the science, but also, more importantly, that it can find a new conception of science is intact, so as to build the Islamic community in accordance with the wishes and needs are required.
c. Religious Education School institutedMan who is faithful and devoted to God Almighty as the first principle of Pancasila intention, it can not happen suddenly. Man faithful and devoted terbentukmelakukan life process and the educational process, particularly religious life and religious education. The process of education is a lifelong human good family environment, in schools and in the community.
Faith and piety can not be realized without religion. Only religion that can lead humans to the almighty god devoted to God. It is stated clearly in the national education goals, has deep meaning for the formation of the human being in Indonesia.
Humans are human piety optimally appreciate and practice their religion in everyday life, both in our personal and community life. Menghayalkan religion also nurtured and guided through the process of education itself may also be played by religious education religious education in this relationship serves as an attempt to foster religious life through education is where lies the functions that run religious education in human development as a whole and the people of Indonesia Indonesia entirely.
Furthermore, it can be revealed that in the development of the whole man (insan Pancasila) and the entire Indonesian society (the Pancasila), then the work of religious education:

    * In the individual aspect is to establish a human being faithful and devoted to God the almighty one.
    * Mebina citizen of Indonesia being a good citizen as well as a devout ummah practice their faith.

d. Importance of Islamic Education for StudentsSomeone newborns are creatures of Allah who are powerless and always need help to be able to carry out his life in this world.
There infinitely wise God Almighty who has bestowed a sense of compassion for all mothers and fathers to look after their children properly without expecting anything in return.
Man is born not knowing anything, but he anugrahi by Allah senses, mind, and taste as capital to accept the science, have a certain attitude keterampilandan get through the process of maturation and learning first. Regarding pentingnyabelajar by A. R. Saleh and Soependi Soeryadinata: human children grow and develop, both thought, feeling, volition, attitude and behavior. Thus very pital the factors studied.
So Islamic religious education is the human effort with the guidance and leadership to assist and direct the religious nature of the students towards the formation of the main personalities in accordance with religious teachings.
Therefore, moral or character issue is one satupokok Islamic teachings which must be foremost in Islamic religious education to be embedded or taught to the students.
By looking at the meaning and scope of Islamic education, it is clear that the Islamic education we seek to establish strong human personality and good (akhlakul karimah) based on the religious teachings of Islam.
Therefore, education is very important because islam Islamic education, parents or teachers make a conscious effort to lead and educate the children are directed to the development of mind and body so as to form a major personality in accordance with the teachings of Islam.
Islamic religious education should be inculcated from childhood, because education in childhood is a fundamental and decisive for further education. As Zakiyah Drajat opinion that "religion is generally determined by a person's education, experience and training in its path since childhood".
Therefore, in the manifest purpose of national education, Islamic religious education in schools plays a very vital. Therefore, Islamic religious education in Indonesia is intended to the national curriculum which is mandatory for all students ranging from elementary school to college. National education aims at developing students' potentials in order to be a man who is faithful and devoted to God the almighty one, noble character, healthy, knowledgeable, skilled, creative, independent, and become citizens of a democratic and accountable.