Increasing Community Legal Awareness About the Implementation of Islamic Sharia Law in the City of Sabang in Civic Esucation Perspective

Abstract

There needs to be public awareness in applying the rules of Islamic Shari'a that the rules are made for themselves and the surrounding community. Awareness is not only a cognitive thing but is related to the reality of behavior in the surrounding environment. Violations of Islamic Shari'a are still common in Sabang. Life in a heterogeneous society is due to the more specialized the more diverse the participation as a result of the encounter of various cultures, moreover Sabang is one of the areas with foreign tourist destinations. The purpose of this study was to find out how to increase the legal awareness of the people of Sabang City in the implementation of Islamic Shari'a Law. This research uses a qualitative approach with a literature study method. The results of the study show that there are many ways to increase legal awareness of the people in Sabang City, namely through education and socialization in the community with formal and informal systems, but the most effective is through education. The need for synergy that occurs in the community in providing an understanding of this Shari'a legal awareness, so that it does not make the education sector the only one but is one of the many sectors that are shared responsibilities in increasing the legal awareness of the people of Sabang City.