Islamic Character Education Competence for Citizens of the 21st Century

Islamic Education is a way to shape a strong human involving both body and spirit. To shape the personality, then it has to be properly polished and adjusted to the current level of Islamiceducation. In fact, Islamiceducation should be used as a means of character building. Therefore, to merely implement the principle of “transfer of learning” in delivering materials will still not be able to shape the students’ attitudes and behaviors, in which they are important parts in the shaping process of students characters.Islamiccharacter education is the attitude and action of a person which reflects everything which has good value. These good values can be seen from his daily activities. Therefore, Islamiccharacter education is considered very important as an effort to help someone to perceive or to understand and to act based on the ethical or moral values. Apart from that, Islamiccharacter education also teaches how to think and does something that can help a person to carry out work together as a family or friend, neighbor and community.