1. Instead of blaming the women you should blame the criminal who misused the trust of those women and blackmailed them. I don't see you blaming him.
2. What are social bounds and how would the women select a man ?
You say the authorities should set up sting ops and then you ask why are people jumping on mullahs. Contradiction. This is the kind of thought that encourages perverts like Jamia Hafsa.
Again this phrase "illicit relationship". What is it ? And you declare both of them guilty. The women of what crime ? Did they snatch food from the hungry or set dogs upon people ?
Well, in some societies what a significant majority thinks can be wrong.
And I agree with this :