Edited sentence: Additionaly they estimated that 20 percent of converts to Islam unconvert from Islam within a few years.Along with a general decline in respect, Islam has seen a rapidly rising level of Islamophobia and anti-islamism coming into being particulary in Western societies.Ironically few of the modern day descendants of black slave in the Americas are cognizant of that fact.Islamic slave traders over the centuries in Africa were responsible for capturing and selling nearly twelve million indigenous black africans to European traders who later brought them to the Americas.Like many other cultures , Islamic followers did engage in slavery.Notably the continual association of Islam with terrorism and violence has gradually eroded the trust level between Western secular society and Muslim society.Numerous verses in the Qu'ran provide guidance as to the ownership and treatment of human slaves,some of which considers the liberation of slaves a meritorious act for the offense of killing a believer.One one hand the followers of Islam have revered their faith and on the other militant Islamists have resorted to extreme violence and terrorism directed against Israel, the United states and the West in general.Recently the Islamic media reported that there is a significant number of Muslims who are converting to Christianity in Africa at the rate of over 6 million a year.Since its inception Islam has sanctioned and accepted the concept of human slavery.Since the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001, Islam has come to the forefront of widespread controversy.Slavery was abolished in Saudi Arabia in 1962 under strong pressure from the United Nations, making it one of the last countries in the world to ban this practice.The Moors starting in the 8th century raided mediterranean coastal areas and would carry away sometimes whole villages to the Moorish slave markets on the Barbary Coast.The bulk of slaves in Islam were captured non-believers and idolaters.The prophet Muhammad himself had slaves and traded them.The question of silent abandonment of Islam on the part of Muslims who migrate to the west has also been an issue.The resulting political and social conflicts have caused a widespread suspicion of Islam's intentions and nature.Various human rights groups contend that some forms of slavery are still practiced in parts of the Islamic world today, notably in Sudan