Finnish-English translations for kirjaimellinen

literalThe solution is to recognise that fundamentalist, extremist and literal Islam is incompatible with Western liberal democracy and indeed any kind of civilisation. Asia ratkaistaan tunnustamalla, että äärifundamentalistinen ja kirjaimellinen islam on ristiriidassa länsimaisen liberaalin demokratian ja itse asiassa kaikenlaisten sivilisaatioiden kanssa. The literal translation is “hands full of bananas” but it means empty-handed.A literal reading of the law would prohibit it, but that is clearly not the intent.
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I have copied his speech verbatim, so this is exactly what he said, word for word.