1 PEMBENTUKAN KARAKTER MELALUI PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM Oleh: Fathul Amin* Abstract This research talks about “The Role of Education of Islam at School to Form the Characters of Students”. Islamic Education (PAI) is one of the parts of the main character. Character education will develop well if it is started from giving the foundation of character of diversity to the students. That‟s why, the material of Islamic education (PAI) at school becomes one of the supporters in character education. By the learning of PAI, students are taught “aqidah” as a basic of religy. The students are taught Al-Quran dan hadis as the guidance of life, fiqih as the regulation of law in doing good deeds, sejarah Islam as an example of life, and akhlak as a guideline of human being behavior to know the category of goodness and badness. Therefore, the main intention of Islamic education (PAI) learning is to form positive personality and character of students reflected from their behaviors and their way of thinking in the daily life. Aside from it, one of the success of Islamic education (PAI) learning at schools is also decided by the implementation of good method of learning. Keywords : The Construction, Character Education, Islamic Education (PAI). * Fathul Amin adalah Wakil Ketua II dan Dosen Prodi PAI Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Tarbiyah Makhdum Ibrahim Tuban A. PENDAHULUAN Pendidikan karakter menjadi isu penting dalam dunia pendidikan akhir-akhir ini, hal ini berkaitan dengan fenomena dekadensi moral yang terjadi ditengah – tengah masyarakat maupun dilingkungan pemerintah yang semakin meningkat dan beragam. Kriminalitas, ketidak adilan, korupsi, kekerasan pada anak, pelangggaran HAM, menjadi bukti bahwa telah terjadi krisis jati diri dan karakteristik pada bangsa Indonesia. Budi pekerti luhur, kesantunan, dan relegiusitas yang dijunjung tinggi dan menjadi budaya bangsa Indonesia selama ini seakan-akan menjadi terasa asing dan jarang ditemui ditengah-tengah masyarakat. Kondisi ini akan menjadi lebih parah