midieval
To see such killers as representative of a religion and to reduce a complex picture to their preferred caricature, would be reward their crimes- just as circumscribing the principle of free speech would be bow to their medieval fantasies ]
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Question

midieval
To see such killers as representative of a  religion and to reduce a complex picture to their preferred caricature, would be reward their crimes- just as circumscribing the principle of free speech would be bow to their medieval fantasies ]
1 from the economist
2 have difficult to understand this sentence

Answer

"Medieval" here means "very out of date" and"used in the Medieval period in history", roughly 1000 years ago and implies cruel principles then believed and implemented.

The phrase says

To see the killers simply as religious fanatics and not something more complex is doing what the group wants. The group believes the very old idea that people shouldn't be able to express freely their opinions and views and that idea should obviously be rejected.