This isn't Hegseth's first tattoo-related controversy. On his right arm, near the "kafir" tattoo, he displays the Latin phrase "Deus Vult" ("God wills it") - a battle cry associated with the ...

Just below his Deus Vult tattoo on his right biceps, the new tattoo in question appears. Social media posts claimed that the new tattoo translates to Kafir. There has been no confirmation about this.

British journalist Dilly Hussain, meanwhile, wrote, “Muslims should not be offended or shocked at Pete Hegseth’s new ‘kafir’ tattoo or his crusader ‘Deus Vult’ tattoo.

British journalist Dilly Hussain wrote: “Muslims should not be offended or shocked at Pete Hegseth’s new ‘kafir’ tattoo or his crusader ‘Deus Vult’ tattoo. He’s merely displaying ...

Hegseth, an Army National Guard veteran, has the words “Deus Vult” tattooed on his bicep, which has been associated with white supremacist groups.

Hegseth has “Deus Vult” tattooed on his bicep, which means “God Wills It” in Latin, and a Crusaders' cross.

Religious scholars have said Deus Vult is a common Christian symbol. Instagram/Peter Hegseth Warren pointed to a Reuters article recounting how a National Guard master sergeant believed the former ...

Amid controversy over religious-themed tattoos sported by President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth, a U.S. office of a Vatican lay institution for the Church in the Holy ...

(OSV News) -- Amid controversy over religious-themed tattoos sported by President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth, a U.S. office of a Vatican lay institution for the ...

The phrase “Deus Vult” was also on flags at the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. A gunman who killed eight people in 2023 in Allen, Texas, had swastika and “Deus Vult” tattoos.

The phrase “Deus vult” has much more to do with Providence and the Crusades than it has to do with any racist movement in the U.S. today. In Defense of the First Crusade ...

The "Deus vult" tattoo prompted Hegseth's fellow National Guardsman Sgt. DeRicko Gaither to flag Hegseth as a possible "insider threat" during President Joe Biden's inauguration.