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

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. He’s merely displaying America’s foreign policy and mindset to Islam and Muslims.”

The tattoo, which was visible in a picture shared by the defense secretary on X on Tuesday, is of the Arabic word ‘Kafir,’ meaning ‘infidel’