Character education in Islam has started since the coming of the prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, that He sent Rasullullah Muhammad is to perfect the noble character. Thus, the lessons that can be taken to create a peaceful nation, safe and civilized the major steps that must be taken is to provide good moral or character ï¬ rst before doing another development. Character education should be oriented to the moral component that includes moral knowledge, moral sense and moral action. 1) Moral knowledge consists of moral awareness, knowledge of moral values, moral development moral reasoning and self-knowledge; 2) Moral sense consists of conscience, self-esteem, empathy, loving kindness, self-control, and humility; 3) Moral action consists of competence, willingness, and habits. Character education based on Islam means character education which their components include moral knowledge, moral sense and moral action. Those morals are explored and developed based on Islam values. Character education will make students characterless while character education based on Islam will make students have Islamic character
Keywords : character education, Islamic values, Islamic character
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