Yeah, but that was after 9/11, which broke Simmon's brain. Before that Islam just got the Oriental treatment in his works: exotic and maybe a little kooky, but mostly harmless. The Muslim protag in Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion is a pretty ordinary guy.
Ten bucks says this guy was just some future alt-righter drunk and spouting alternative facts after the European Union elected it's first muslim president or something.
The thing is that doesn't work because by then extraction and manufacturing should basically be dead as significant sources of employment. Jobs with staying power will be things like engineers, scientists, doctors, and the like who will probably rely on robots to do more and more of the dirty work but still require a sentient overseer. Which isn't compatible with mono-species planets. If a species has specialized as being the best at being a doctor, they still have to, you know, like be there to doctor you, rather than hanging out on their homeworld Caduceus. Unless you are outsourcing employment to alien worlds who remote control robots where you are. Which uh, would be an interesting and logical idea actually. Beings like the Volus or Quarians would naturally want to telework to places which would horribly kill them if they weren't in an environment suit, but where they'd be the best alien for the job.
I can't help but feel that your avatar undermines your point.
How so? "Helping people is the right thing to do" is a much more Superman thing than abusing power for personal gain.
Because a very pissed off looking God with abs of steel burnifying whatever is in his way kind of goes against the "there is no power fantasy involved here, just simple folks dreaming of making the world better" vibe.
Some people help the world with eye beams just look at Cyclops
Superman is explicitly anti-ubermensch even, confirming to society's rules and morals.
