ISLAMIC EDUCATION OF ACEH GLORY PERIOD: SERAMBI MECCA STUDIES

The people of Aceh are known by the thickness of Islamic religious values ​​evidenced by upholding the culture and customs as one source in the religion of Islam. Although Islam in Aceh is now experiencing progress and progress in Aceh, there are some traditional cultures and beliefs that are still practiced by the people of Aceh associated with the teachings of Ahlu al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah as the theological school of the people of Aceh.
Almost all historians claim that the area of ​​Indonesia originally entered Islam is the region of Aceh, and the existence of Islam in Aceh has established the first Islamic empire in Southeast Asia. Islam landed in Aceh in AD 800, until in 1903 there was no other educational institution in Aceh known except the dayah institution. From education in dayah since the past so that this moment gave birth to many scholars who have developed and spread Islamic studies in the archipelago such as Abdurrauf al-Singkili, Hamzah Fansuri, Syamsuddin Al Sumatrani and Nur al-Din Ar-Raniry. Among the alumni dayah, they are capable of being a king, minister, military commander, scholar, ship technology experts, agriculture, medicine and even some who concurrently expertise at once.
In the life of the people of Aceh, there are known scholars, dayah educational institutions, meunasah and rangkang, a variety of educational institutions are products of socio-cultural known since the sultanate of Aceh until today.