On the morning of January 27, 2019, two huge bombs ripped through the main Catholic Church in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province, in the southern Philippines.
The massive explosions claimed the lives of twenty people and maimed over a hundred others. It is widely believed that the bombing was a joint enterprise between local terrorist group Abu Sayyaf and Daesh, both heavily under the influence of Wahhabi ideology.
The upsurge of terrorism in the Philippines and some other parts of Southeast Asia poses these immediate questions: How grave is the situation; to what extent is Saudi Arabia, as the birthplace of Wahhabism, involved in the spread of violence in this corner of the world; and what tricks has Riyadh employed to advance its interests in the regions?