During the Roman Empire, Roman soldiers were required by law to have identifying tattoos on their hands in order to make it difficult to hide if they deserted.
Some Christian groups, such as the Knights of St. John of Malta, sported tattoos to show their allegiance.
In Japan, tattoos are strongly associated with organized crime organizations known as the yakuza.
Tattooing was also used by the Nazi regime in Nazi concentration camps to tag prisoners.
Sunni Muslims believe tattooing is forbidden and a sin because it involves changing the creation of God and because the Prophet cursed the one who does tattoos and the one for whom that is done.
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