Abstract

This paper aimed to reveal the phenomenon of Ma'had al-Jami'ah as the character education center of Malay Islamic. For the above purpose, the approach used was phenomenology, which expressed every phenomenon that occurred and understood the meaning contained behind the phenomenon. Meanwhile, to get the real meaning of the analyst used was critical correspondence, which was trying to understand the meaning of phenomena and the actions of a person or group while linking them with relevant general concepts. This paper concluded that Ma'had al-Jami'ah had real urgency as a center for character development through efforts to function Ma'had al-Jami'ah as a Malay Islamic social laboratory, as an educational center for Malay Islamic democracy, as an educational center multicultural "Malay Islam", as a center for the nursery of Malay Islamic learning traditions, and as a center of cultural heritage of the Malay nation

Key words: urgency, ma'had al-jami’ah, character education, malay islamic