Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is facing criticism after new photos taken during a training exercise at Pearl Harbor show a tattoo of an Arabic word on his arm.

A tattoo of the word "kafir" written in Arabic can be seen on the lower half of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's right bicep as he works out at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on ...

The Donald Trump adviser recently posted photos on his social media account that shows off a tattoo that appears to read "kafir" or infidel in Arabic. Why is the tattoo controversial?

What to Know Pete Hegseth's new "kafir" tattoo sits just below another inked phrase across his bicep. In Arabic, the term historically refers to someone who does not believe in Islam.

Clothes designers across the Middle East are increasingly using Arabic calligraphy in their designs – which some see as a way to keep their language and culture in fashion. Arabic letters ...

Apple will introduce a new calligraphy pen for Apple Pencil users that will allow them to digitally write in Arabic script, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On ...

An American military armored vehicle displaying a cross and the word “Kafir,” Arabic for infidel, patrols near Hasakah, Syria, May 31, 2025. An investigation was launched into whether the ...

Arabic calligraphy recently won recognition from Unesco as intangible cultural heritage, but the handwritten script is falling out of use in the Arab world. One devotee works on a building site in ...

Eagle-eyed observers of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth tapestry of tattoos noticed a never-seen-before Arabic script underneath his arm.

Sargis Simonyan, a non-Arabic speaker and first year student at QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) took on that challenge, and won second place at the 2nd Annual Education City ...

Pete Hegseth, U.S. Defense Secretary, is facing intense criticism after unveiling a new Arabic tattoo that reads "kafir" (كافر), meaning "disbeliever" or "infidel." Critics argue that the ...