The recent violence among Thailand’s Muslims was, given the traditionally tolerant nature of South-east Asian Islam, something of a surprise. Now the Thais are pointing fingers, and, yes, it turns out that the Saudis have been vomiting their bile across yet another previously pleasant part of the planet.

“Hidden a few kilometres down a remote country lane in the heart of Thailand’s troubled deep south – where a Muslim separatist uprising has left more than 200 dead this year – is the multi-million-dollar new campus of the Yala Islamic College. With more than a dozen Arab teachers from across the Middle East and a seemingly endless flow of funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, Yala has become the most obvious manifestation of what critics here say is an “Arab threat.”

Qatar? Kuwait? That’s disappointing. But who runs Yala?

“Yala Islamic College is run by Dr Ismail Lutfi, a Thai graduate of the hardline Wahhabi Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has an estimated 8,000 followers in key Islamic posts throughout the south, and the 1,500 students at the college are taught a hardcore Wahhabi interpretation of Islamic law in the Arabic language.”

Wahhabism is, quite simply, a cancer on humanity, and ‘Saudi’ Arabia is its source. Draw your own conclusions.