Hyderabad, Feb. 2 -- Newly released emails from the Jeffrey Epstein files show the convicted sex offender arranged to have pieces of the Kiswa, the sacred cloth covering the Kaaba in Makkah, shipped to his Florida residence through contacts in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The 2017 emails reveal that UAE businesswoman Aziza Al-Ahmadi and another individual, Abdullah Al-Maari, coordinated the transfer of three pieces related to the Kiswa. The items travelled by air freight from Saudi Arabia to Florida through British Airways, with the correspondence tracking invoices, customs paperwork and final delivery arrangements.

The shipment included one piece from inside the Kaaba itself, a second from the outer covering that had been in use, an...