Character Building Through Islamic Religious Education

Abstract

This paper will discuss the role of Islamic religious education in schools in shaping the character of students. Islamic Religious Education (PAI) is one of the main pillars of character education. Character education will grow well if it starts from the embedding of a religious spirit in children, therefore PAI material at school becomes one of the supports for character education. Through PAI learning, students are taught aqidah as the basis of their religion, taught the Qur'an and hadith as guidelines for life, taught fiqh as legal signs in worship, taught Islamic history as an example of life, and taught morals as a guide to human behavior whether in the good or bad category. Therefore, the main purpose of PAI learning is the formation of personality in students which is reflected in their behavior and mindset in daily life. Besides that, the success of PAI learning at school is also determined by the application of appropriate learning methods.