Certain Muslims hosting very revered Hindu (5)
I believe the answer is:
shiva
'revered hindu' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'certain muslims hosting very' is the wordplay.
'certain muslims' becomes 'shia' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hosting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are welcomed in or hosted).
'very' becomes 'v' (common abbreviation).
'shia' enclosing 'v' is 'SHIVA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shiva that I've seen before include "Destroyer goddess of Hinduism" , "God presiding over personal destinies" , "Hindu god, the destroyer" , "Major Hindu deity (the destroyer)" , "Jewish period of mourning" .)