Ahmad is the author of Signs in the Heavens: A Muslim Astronomer's Perspective on Religion and Science and Islamic Rules of Order, co-editor of Islam and the West: A Dialog, and co-author of Islam and the Discovery of Freedom. He also contributed to The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism with an article on Islam.[7] His address on "Islam, Commerce and Business Ethics" was published in Nicholas Capaldi's Business and Religion: A Clash of Civilizations?[8] He has been published by Middle East Policy, American Muslim Magazine, Economic Affairs and Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.[6] Ahmad has been a frequent guest lecturer at the Foreign Services Institute.[4]