Edited sentence: In Islam it is not allowed to enslave free Muslims but it is permitted to kill non-believers, enslave him and take take his children into captivity.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.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.Since its inception Islam has sanctioned and accepted the concept of human slavery.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 names of Muhammad's slaves were :Ab Kabsha, Abu  Ayb, Abu Muwayhiba, Abu Rafi , Abu Waqid, Aflah, Anjasha al-Hadi, Dhakwan, Fadala Yamamin,  Fadila, Hunayn, Karkara, Kasam, Khadra, Mabur, Mad am, Mary the Coptic,  , Maymuna daughter of Abu Asib, Maymuna daughter of Sa d, Mirwan, Rabah, Radwa, Rayhana, Razina, Salih, Salma Um Rafi , Sanad, Tahman, Thawban,  Ubayd, Um Damira, Waqid, Yakan Abu Sharh, Yara Nubyan, Zayd Ibn Haritha.The prophet Muhammad himself had slaves and traded them.Various human rights groups contend that some forms of slavery are still practiced in parts of the Islamic world today, notably in Sudan