There are some good points in this thread. Muslims have to pay it also..aka zakat. We have to pay a certain amount yearly also, but again its all depends on if you can afford to pay it. Our churches are not flourshing left and right. We dont get the option of government help if we need to construct a Mosque. The entire community pays for the Mosque to get built, and its there duty to keep it up and running. So we all try our best to give Zakat and keep the mosques running. Also or preachers/Imams dont get paid get lump sums of money, and they usually dont have anything to do with the mosque. They preach there and take care of community problems. They may make 35K max per year if that. Those are the lucky ones actually. The crazy thing about it is that many of them have PHD and so forth and are working for nothing in the name of God/Allah.

and again, you have to make sure that you yourself have a roof over your head and food on the table for your family..then you give your respects to your church/mosque..etc.