Sufi Service Sweden is a nonprofit organization that shares the same vision as the Sufi Service Committee, the international service organization whose founding spirit guides our efforts in Sweden.
Our focus is the work carried out from and within Sweden — alongside a worldwide family of organizations inspired by the same call to serve.
Our work follows the same principles, values and policies as the Sufi Service Committee — acting as an extended arm and collaborative partner, together with other actors around the world such as Fundación Nur in Mexico, in the shared work of service. This work is born out of the heart of the Sufi tradition: serving others is an expression of love and part of the spiritual path. We believe compassion is not an abstract idea — it is practiced, in the kitchen, on the street, and in meeting those who need help.
Our work in Sweden centers on distributing meals to homeless and vulnerable people, once a week, all year round. It is a quiet but steady commitment: warm meals, a conversation, a moment of dignity.
In parallel, we support a larger international project: developing primary health care in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The goal is that more people gain access to basic, safe and dignified care.
The Sufi Service Committee mission is based on the belief that most of the conflict in the world today is rooted in a self-serving orientation to the world. Instead of seeing all humans as part of one fabric, it is too easy to see others as separate or as the “other”. This kind of dualistic thinking enables the kind of hostility and aggression that is all too common in today’s world.
In order to move toward a more peaceful world that is permeated with loving-kindness, the Sufi Service Committee believes that acts of service from one human to another cut against this trend. When we are serving each other selflessly, as we often do in times of crisis, we forget ourselves momentarily and experience a sense of oneness that is closer to the true, unified nature of reality.
If altruism and empathy are so natural and basic to our physiology, why then do we so often act selfishly, pursuing what we think is in our best interests without regard to the feelings and interests of others? What has gone wrong? No doubt a comprehensive answer to this question requires a deeper understanding of human nature through a number of disciplines, including genetics, neurophysiology, anthropology, and psychology. But here I would like to venture a limited response to this question in terms of our higher cognitive functions. Read more
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A Stockholm-based dentist with a special focus on oral surgery and implant treatment. He has built extensive clinical experience, including within the Stockholm Public Dental Service, and currently works in the private sector at Dental Care. He also serves as a course instructor in guided implant surgery and bone augmentation/sinus surgery, and is engaged in advanced implant surgery and continuing dental education.
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Brings IT and financial expertise to the board and handles the administrative side of the organization.
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A Swedish entrepreneur and investor based in Stockholm. He studied at the Stockholm School of Economics and co-founded DigiExam, a digital examination platform that grew out of SSE Business Lab. After his work in edtech he moved into finance and investment, and is today Partner and COO at Tioex Technologies, a Stockholm-based company that gives investors access to unlisted global technology companies and pre-IPO investments. His professional profile combines entrepreneurship, technology, business development and investments in private growth companies.
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A specialist physician in family medicine and business leader active in primary care in Stockholm. As operations manager and CEO of Tyresö Folkets Vårdcentral, owned by Sufi Service Committee in Sweden, Anoushe has been engaged in the development and leadership of primary care operations, including quality and improvement work within chronic diseases.
Read moreWords that guide us
"Spiritual practice means service to others" - Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
"In the realm of the sufis all love one another — regardless of the superficial distinctions of race, wealth and social status. Under the banner of humanity all help one another." - Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
"Human beings are members of a whole, in creation of one essence and soul." - Saadi
You can support the work with a gift via Swish or bankgiro, or reach out if you'd like to volunteer.
