Ethnocentric concepts, theories and practices in education, predominantly embedded in western philosophy and values, tend to ignore the growing multicultural nature of educational institutions. In contrast, Islamic education and learning is an important aspect to develop of quality human capital and human resources development. Malaysia as a country in Southeast Asia that is developing as one of the strategic determinant in the economic, social, cultural international politics and applying the "Asian Cultural Strategy Based on Islam”. However, in recent years, the study found that the moral values of young people today is significantly reduced, allowing the question to what extent education or tarbiyah aspect emphasized in learning today. Through an examination of the higher education sistems, the authors explore the problems and effectiveness of the education sistem that are practiced in the country to examine the appropriateness of the practice of Islamic education as the basic education. Secondly, to correct view of nature (worldview) on the Islamic Education inMalaysia and thirdly, propose a resolution to act in the direction to reform an Islamic education sistem based on the Risale An-Nur, the works of a mujaddid figure namedBediuzzaman Said Nursi. The authors conclude with (a) a discussion that Islamic education must cultivate a sense of identity within culture and community, while working with ancestral cultural knowledge retentions. This calls for a previsioning of the educational sistem in public schools so as to introduce a more effective method of teaching diverse youth, (b) create the need and importance of the Quran in the national Education and (c) help learners to build self-confidence in the collective defense of cultural identity in an increasingly challenging social environment on this day.