Photos show that Hegseth has the word "kafir" tattooed in Arabic below his right bicep. The phrase is used in the Quran to refer to someone who has "disbelief" or "a rejection of true belief," ...

American tattoos on his body and revealed his recent 'kafir' inking while performing jumping jacks while visiting Hawaii ...

Pete Hegseth's new "kafir" tattoo sits just below another inked phrase across his bicep. In Arabic, the term historically ...

Hegseth has come under scrutiny for his tattoos in the past, including being removed from his National Guard unit’s assignment to guard President Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration after a fellow ...

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has yet again caused a stir with a tattoo. Images from a military training exercise at ...

Critics have hit out at the US Defence secretary Pete Hegseth after new pictures revealed a tattoo many are unhappy with ...

he claimed he was removed from a National Guard deployment during then President Joe Biden’s inauguration due to concerns over “extremist” tattoos. He defended his ink, particularly his ...

The new tattoo has led to accusations of Islamophobia online. Mr Hegseth, a former Fox News presenter and a Major in the Minnesota Army National Guard, has several tattoos on his body that ...

The tattoo is the Arabic word “kafir,” which ... who was part of the National Guard, kicked off duty at Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021. “Members of my unit in leadership deemed that ...

In November Mr Hegseth, 44, told a podcast that he was removed from a National Guard deployment to president Joe Biden’s inauguration because his superiors deemed his tattoos to be “extremist”.