Using this essay as an example: Muslim Indians
which is the first one in dhimmitude, this is the first paragraph (the bolding is mine):
Logically there is no need to claim intermarriage with Algonquin tribes. In Islam, everyone, since time
began, has been born a Muslim. It is only the foolishness of others, including our benighted
and cruel parents, who have caused us to stray from the true path. Muslims must rectify
this state of affairs, by seizing control, through military or demographic conquest, of all lands, so
that non-Muslims may be subjugated, and the conditions for Islam to prevail -- well, prevail.
So what is this about? I would say Islamic Theology. What about Islamic Theology?
I would say "the entire world originally Muslim" (the first bolding above) and "jihad and reverting
to Islam" (the second bolding above).
So, the entries I would expect to receive from you via email with everything in the
body (the subject entry is not the subject of the email) would look like this:
Subject: Islamic Theology
Subject: Islamic Theology
So the work involved is to map the sentences into discrete entries to help the browsing
reader find out something about a particular subject, here Islamic Theology.
It is important to keep in mind what makes an index useful. Here is an
entry in "Why I Am Not A Muslim":
Mu'tazilites: 214, 244, 259, 280; ideas associated with, 107, 197, 252, 245-250;
rationalism and, 245-248, 263
The first four are Word Index entries - where in the book that word appears.
The others are subject entries; even notice that the two subjects have some overlapping pages.
Here is a another entry in WIANAM that is a name:
al-Ghazali, 32; historical importance of, 246-65; and Islam, 242, 279, 280;
on marriage, 303, 313, 320; on women, 299-301
The first is a Word Index entry, but the others are subject entries that are actually more helpful.
The two indices together make all of Hugh's writing extremely useful, the subject entries particularly so.
I hope this is clear, but email me with any questions.
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
Ethelred
Entry: the entire world originally Muslim
File: dhimmitude/muslimindian.htm
Entry: jihad and reverting to Islam
File: dhimmitude/muslimindian.htm