It is a common claim also by western 'scholars' that the Pathans or some groups of them, are descendants of the lost tribes. The Canadian Jewish director Simcha Jacobovitz made a film about the lost tribes, the pathans appear there. He makes a 'scholarly' claim that they have a tribal law system predating Islam which is a very cruel and harsh version of the biblical laws, and that they value their tribal law above shariah law. He also tells (he didn't film this) how he told one of them that he's a Jew and ask him what do you think so the Pathan supposedly replied 'then you are my brother' (Yeh right tell that to Daniel Pearl).