fˈaɪnəli, ɪɾ ɪz ɐ pəlˈɪɾɪkəl stˈeɪtmənt — ɪn fˈækt, tˈuː ʌv ðˌɛm — ɐ plˈiː fɔːɹ mˈʊzlɪm ɐmˈɛɹɪkənz tʊ ɪmˈɜːs ðɛmsˈɛlvz ɪnðə lˈaɪf ʌvðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts wˌaɪl sˌaɪməltˈeɪniəsli dˈiːpənɪŋ ðɛɹ aɪdˈɛntɪfɪkˈeɪʃən æz mˈʊzlɪmz, ænd ˈɔːlsoʊ fɚɹə pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚɹ ˈaʊtkʌm ɪn ɪɹˈæk, wˌɛɹ kæzwˈiːnɪz fˈɑːðɚ, ɐ lˈiːdɪŋ ˈaɪɐtˌɑːlə, ɪz ɪmˈæm ʌvðə mˈɑːsk ʌv ɪmˈæm hˈʌsiːn ɪn kɑːɹbˈɑːlə.
Finally, it is a political statement — in fact, two of them — a plea for Muslim Americans to immerse themselves in the life of the United States while simultaneously deepening their identification as Muslims, and also for a particular outcome in Iraq, where Qazwini's father, a leading ayatollah, is Imam of the mosque of Imam Hussein in Karbala.