Forming the empire of Andalusia as a muslim

[Typee]

So, I'm playing an Iberian Emir, and I have most of Spain under my control. However I need a second king title to create the empire, and I can't seem to get one.
Now I thought you could usurp a kingdom title even if you don't meet the religious criteria.
So I got the whole of Galice with an invasion CB. However, now I can't usurp the title from the guy holding it.
The only thing showing in the tooltip is "creation conditions: has to be a christian".

But in my experience, that shouldn't matter when the kingdom has already been created.
So what am I doing wrong there?

 

[NoobRage]

Unfortunately for you, those rules also apply when usurping. I reccomend you to stay as a Sultanate however, as vassals are much smaller and thus easier to isolate. But maybe your style is rolling as an Empire, when you have few but very powerfull kings under you. So you best option here is going for Sicily or Ireland and then creating Hispania.

 

[Gunnarr]

What I did was get all of Hispania under my control (or most of it) and then conquered Aquitaine. Then I was able to form the empire.

I guess I just peferred expanding in a logical way. But yeah , you cannot usurp those titles.

 

[Typee]

So you best option here is going for Sicily or Ireland and then creating Hispania.

You don't have to be Christian to make those?

 

[NoobRage]

You don't have to be Christian to make those?

No. Only the historically christian Iberiam Kingdoms require it because otherwise all of them would be nearly instantly formed or usurped by the Muslims (Portugal would be created in day 1 and the others would be usurped after holy wars because their are so small).

 

[Typee]

No. Only the historically christian Iberiam Kingdoms require it because otherwise all of them would be nearly instantly formed or usurped by the Muslims (Portugal would be created in day 1 and the others would be usurped after holy wars because their are so small).

Makes sense, thanks.