31/12/2005: 16.334.000 inhabitants of which 48% non-religious, 43,7% Christian, 5,8% Muslim and the rest ´others´ (Hindus, Jews, Buddhist) (figures from wikipedia.nl).

No, the Dutch government does not pay for mosques but they don´t pay for churches either as we have a strict line between state and religion. All religions need to pay for themselves for building a house of prayer - there is no difference in Catholic churches, protestant churches, Jewish synagogues, Hindu temples or Islam mosques. But we do allow anyone to have a place for themselves. There are about 450 mosques here, the Mevlana mosque was in 2006 announced as the most beautiful building in Rotterdam. The first mosque here was build in 1955, although most Muslim immigrants came early sixties or later - and the first Dutch became converted in 1963. Since then there are 6000 converted Dutch.

The Mevlana Mosque in Rotterdam (at about 1km from my house):

I hope I gave enough information? And please understand me, my only remark was that I find Qatar´s decision to allow a church quite late - after having Christians for years/decades among them. That´s all.

Trudy, thanks you for your info, that is indeed a very nice mosque

Christians in Qatar used to rent houses and convert them into churches, in fact there was a church near to where I live, but this church is 1st to be built as a church (the 1st official church)

we are not a secular country, Islam is the religion of the country, but none the less the government financed the church. 

and by the way not every mosque is built by the government, most of them are built by the citizens.