<![CDATA[Seeing the rise of understanding of religion in the name of Islam, even though Islam is free from that understanding. One example is the understanding of radicalism which has influenced many children or adolescents, and one of the causes of the development of understanding of radicalism is the understanding of Islam which is wrongly implanted in children. Therefore, through this research, it is expected to know how to educate and instill a true understanding of religion in children, which results in emotional intelligence for children and can be a solution for education and even for national security. The method used in this study is a non-interactive qualitative research with analytical concepts. Then, the researcher discusses how to instill Islamic religion, namely by instilling faith education, worship and morals in children. In discussing religious understanding, the result that will be obtained is the belief about the true religion and that belief will foster a sense of being constantly monitored by Allah Ta'ala, thus making sincere worship of God and producing noble morals, for practicing what is contained in the Qur'an 'an and hadith of the Prophet sallallaahuAlaihiwaSallam. The emotional intelligence, according to experts, produces ten aspects, namely; understanding one's own feelings, being able to express themselves, responsibilities and persevering, understanding themselves, controlling themselves and motivating themselves, feeling themselves, perceiving self emotion, inner feelings, ability to feel self, and finally communication maturity. Then, those aspects can be linked to the method of instilling the understanding of Islam, it is then created the concept of understanding of Islam towards children's emotional intelligence, all of which produce things that are desired in a child's emotional intelligence.]]>
