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Newly released documents and images from the U.S. Department of Justice reveal that Jeffrey Epstein’s Florida residence contained fragments of the Kaaba’s covering, known as the Kiswa.
According to the records, the sacred textiles were shipped from Saudi Arabia in 2017 and delivered to Epstein through UAE-linked contacts.
The transfer was reportedly facilitated by Aziza Al-Ahmadi; also appearing in the image is Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, CEO of DP World and Chairman of the UAE’s Ports, Customs, and Free Zones Authority.
In one email reportedly sent to Epstein, Aziza Al-Ahmadi detailed the profound spiritual meaning of the cloth.
“The black piece was touched by a minimum of 10 million Muslims of different denominations, Sunni, Shia and others,” she wrote.
“They walk around the Kaaba seven rounds, and then everyone tries as much as they can to touch it, and they keep their prayers, wishes, tears and hopes on this piece, hoping after that all their prayers to be accepted.”
Among the figures seen in newly released images from Jeffrey Epstein’s residence is Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, CEO of DP World and Chairman of the UAE’s Ports, Customs and Free Zones Authority.
According to investigative reporting, he and Epstein were in contact over several years, exchanging correspondence on personal and business matters even after Epstein’s 2008 conviction.
The Kiswa is the large cloth that covers the Kaaba, the cubic stone structure at the heart of Islam’s holiest mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Draped over the Kaaba’s exterior, it is a potent symbol of reverence and sanctity within the Muslim world, representing the spiritual centrality of the Kaaba and the unity of believers who face toward it during daily prayers.
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