Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth quietly debuted a new tattoo this week while posting a set of workout photos, sparking fierce backlash among critics who claim it holds a distinctly anti-Muslim message.

Photos show that Hegseth has the word "kafir" tattooed in Arabic below his right bicep. The phrase is used in the Quran to ...

Proud to spend time with America’s best ... Hegseth has denied the tattoo has any meaning rooted in bigotry and is instead an homage to his Christian faith, but critics have noted his long ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth quietly debuted a new tattoo this week while posting a set of workout photos, sparking fierce backlash among critics who claim it holds a distinctly anti-Muslim message.

“Proud to spend time with America’s best,” he captioned the post ... Others, like a right-wing news account on X, @InevitableWest, welcomed the tattoo as an indication that “Christian-nationalism is ...

The defense secretary’s decision to review military standards on combat and physical fitness and appearance opens a Pandora’s box of widely differing rules among the services. And it will raise a ...

According to the Smithsonian, the first evidence of tattoos in human history dates back to 3,000 B.C.E.. Historical artifacts ...

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