Pashtun Afridi Tribe in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India can from Bene Ephraim (one of lost tribe of Yisrael)? The new generation of the Pathans is largely ignorant, he said, adding that after settling in a hostile Muslim environment, the Pathans largely lost their own traditions. The knowledge of our ancestry was passed down orally, he said. But now only the elders know about it. According to Michael Freund, a Jerusalem Post correspondent and chairman of Shavei Israel, a Jerusalem-based group that assists lost Jews seeking to return to the people of Israel, this assimilation comes as no surprise. With the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in that part of the world over the decades, an attempt has been made to erase any trace of their [the Pathans] Jewish connection, Freund said. Aafreedi agrees. They have been affected by the yellow journalism of Muslims in India, and it has shaped their political outlook. The Muslim press is usually anti-Jewish and anti-Israel, he said. Claims of Jewish heritage are nothing new in India. Historians believe that that at least two groups, the Shinlung (Bnei Menashe) in the northeast, and the non-Muslim tribes in Guntur, share Jewish ancestry. In addition, experts say evidence exists linking the Afridi Pathan tribe outside of India to the ancient Israelites. Historically, there were Persian writers who wrote about the connection between the Pathans and the people of Israel, said Freund. When the British arrived in the area there were missionaries who wrote about it as well. There is quite a good deal of historical evidence to support this assertion. Even former president Yitzhak Ben-Zvi addressed the connection. In his book, The Exile and Redeemed, he quoted an Afghani Jew as saying, According to the tradition current among the [Afghan] Afridis, they are indeed descendants of the Israelites, more particularly the sons of Ephraim. There are an estimated 40 to 50 million Pathans, mostly in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Aafreedis research is now being analyzed by geneticists in England. If his results are confirmed, it will be the first genetic evidence linking the Afridis Pathan tribe to the Israelites. There are some who doubt a genetic connection could provide genuine proof of Jewish lineage. Theres no such thing as Jewish DNA, said Post contributor Hillel Halkin, author of Across the Sabbath River: In Search of a Lost Tribe of Israel, which discusses the issue of an ancient Israelite migration to India. There is a [genetic] pattern which is very common in the Middle East, and 40% of Jews worldwide have it. But many non-Jews and people in the Middle East have it also, he said. Here are several articles by Dr Navras Jaat Aafreedi The 2,700 year old Pashtun link to Israel navrasaafreedi.blogspot/2010/01/2700-year-old-pashtun-link-to-israel.html?m=1 Genetic study sets out to uncover if there is a 2,700-year-old link to Afghanistan and Pakistan navrasaafreedi.blogspot/2010/01/pashtun-clue-to-lost-tribes-of-israel.html?m=1 Pashtun Tribe in India may be one of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel navrasaafreedi.blogspot/2007/04/pashtun-tribe-in-india-may-be-one-of_12.html?m=1 Is Muslim clan the lost tribe of Ephraim? navrasaafreedi.blogspot/2007/03/researcher-claims-proof-of-tribe-of_5446.html?m=1
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