The Appeals Process
The creation of the Muslim court by colonial British officials brought changes to the Muslim community of Bathurst and marked a shift in customary pre-colonial Gambian law through the introduction of an appeal system. If individuals objected a Qadi court decision, they could appeal it by taking their case to the British colonial Supreme Court for review. A Tafsir, or person learned in Muslim law sat in to advise the British Supreme Court judge, but ultimately it was the British administration that made the final decision in appeals from the Muslim court.