Overview
- Justice Department records, released in January 2026, show Epstein obtained three Kaaba‑linked textiles—including sections of the Kiswa, the black silk covering replaced each year—for a building on Little Saint James he called a mosque.
- Emails and interviews indicate he labeled the blue‑striped, gold‑domed structure a mosque and even suggested swapping the Arabic word for God, “Allah,” with his initials.
- The files describe other sourced elements, including tiles from a mosque in Uzbekistan and a dome modeled on ancient Syrian designs.
- Investigators traced his access through Norwegian diplomat Terje Rod‑Larsen to Saudi court‑linked figures Raafat Al‑Sabbagh and Aziza Al Ahmadi, and the records show he met Mohammed bin Salman.
- How the Kaaba textiles left Mecca is not documented in the released files, and the Saudi government as well as the named intermediaries did not respond to questions.