The US Secretary of Defense has controversial tattoos, especially disturbing Muslims
Hegsetha blames from Islamophobia.
Washington. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has a tattooed Arabic word Cafir, the unbelievers, for which he reaps criticism of Muslims who blame him from Islamophobia.
Referring to the recently published photos of the boss Pentagon He informed about it British Diary The Guardian.
This is not the first time the tattoo of the Minister of Defense, a former moderator and commentator of Fox News and a veteran of the National Guard, wakes up passion.
Thousands of Muslims serve in the army
Photos Hegsetha with « CAFIR » tattoo – word to which they indicate Nem Muslim in Islamic countries – were published on social networks on Tuesday.
Hegseth had this tattoo in the photo published on Instagram last July, noted The Guardian.
Some social network users criticized the minister for this tattoo, saying that it could insult Muslims, and pointed out the diversity of the American army. It is estimated that 5000 to 6000 members of the US Armed Forces are practiced by Islam.
« This is not just a personal decision. It is a clear symbol of Islamophobia by a person who is supervising the wars of the United States, » said American propalestine activist working in New York Nerdeen Kiswani.
She added that the expression of the Cafir « became a weapon of extreme right -wing Islamophobes to ridicule and denigrate Muslims ».
« It is not about his personal beliefs. The point is how these beliefs are translated into politics – how military decisions, follow -up programs and foreign interventions focused on Muslim countries, » she said.
A former leader of the far right group also has a similar tattoo to Hegseth Proud Boys Joe Biggs.
« Tattooing the Arabic word Cafir, which describes someone who consciously denies or conceals the basic God’s truth, is a manifestation of anti-Muslim hostility and personal uncertainty, » said Nihad Awad, director of the American-Islamic Council, the Newsweek Council.
God wants it that way?
This is not the first time hegseth’s tattoos reap criticism. In the past, the media, for example, focused on the ministerial tattoos with crusades, which are becoming increasingly popular with the far right.
Another controversial tattoo is right next to the Arab on his right biceps and has a Latin « deus vult », so « God wants it », which is the motto associated with the statement of the Cross Pope Urban II. in 1095.
The American Minister of Defense has a tattooed Jerusalem Cross, also known as the Crusades Cross because it was popularized during Christian cross expeditions.
The Pentagon chief has been criticized for tattoos at a time when he faced the challenges of many opposition congressmen to resignation in connection with the case of adding a journalist to a group cottage of American security officials, which discussed the planned US strokes against Yemen insurgents.
The editor -in -chief of The Atlantic magazine was added to the cottage in a commercially encrypted Signal chat application by accident, initially assumed it was a scam, but when it turned out that it wasn’t a joke, he informed about the conversation. Members of Trump’s administration then made the incident easier.
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