Epstein files trigger outrage after claims that sacred Kaaba Kiswah pieces from Mecca were allegedly shipped to him and ...

(RNS) — The black, gold-embroidered cloth that shrouds Islam’s holiest site in Saudi Arabia is a revered artifact that ...

From Pakistani shalwar-kurta references to a sacred Kaaba cloth from Mecca, newly released Epstein files reveal increasingly bizarre global details ...

The cloth, identifiable by its black fabric and gold Quranic embroidery, is part of the covering of the Kaaba in Mecca and is regarded as one of Islam’s most revered religious symbols.

A tranche of files (known as Epstein files), which was made public by the United States Department of Justice on January 30, made the revelation.

Emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s files reveal that in early 2017, he arranged to have three significant pieces of the Kiswa, the sacred cloth covering the Kaaba, sent from Saudi Arabia to his US ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2016 file photo, the Abraj Al-Bait Towers with the four-faced clocks stands over the holy Kaaba, as ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, ...